PeopleGraduate Students

Sherrill, Jessica

Nineteenth Century British Literature; Science and Literature. Third Stage.

Kaplan 149
Tel: 310.825.4173 / Fax: 310.267.4339 / E-mail

Education

  • M.A. (UCLA, 2018)
  • B.S. in Physiological Science, B.A. in English (UCLA)

Interests

Major topics of interest include: memory, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive science, history of psychology, history of medicine and narratology.

Dissertation

“The Boundaries of Memory: Aberrant Remembering in Nineteenth-Century Literature from Déjà Vu to Ancestral Recall”

Publications

“‘The stain of breath upon a mirror’: The Unitary Self in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Criticism 62.1 (Spring 2020)

“Guide to Integrating Art in College Courses,” Hammer Museum (2019) (https://hammer.ucla.edu/edu/)


Interest Areas
• Romanticism
• History of Science and Technology