Juliette C. Wells (born December 26, 1974) is an American author, editor, and

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scholar. She is the Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professor of English in the Center for the Humanities at

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. In 2015, Wells served as the chair of the English department at Goucher. Her work focuses on women's writing and 18th and 19th century British literature, especially that of Jane Austen.

Education

Wells earned a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and a Master of Arts degree from

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in 1997. She obtained a Master of Arts degree and a Master of Philosophy at

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in 2000. In 2003, she completed her doctorate at Yale. Under her doctoral advisor

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, she completed her dissertation entitled ''Accomplished Women: Gender, Artistry, and Authorship in Nineteenth-Century England''.

Career

Wells' work focuses on women's writing and 18th and 19th century British literature, especially that of Jane Austen. She has also written works on

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. She is the editor of three

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editions of Jane Austen works. In 2009, Wells was an associate professor of English at

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. From 2009 to 2010 she was the Goucher College Burke Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence. In 2015, she served as the chair of the English department at Goucher. As of 2018, she is the Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professor of English in the Center for the Humanities at Goucher. Wells is a member of the

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, and the

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. In 2013, she joined the editorial board of the Jane Austen Society of North America.

Selected works

Books

* * * Reviews of ''Reading Austen in America'': * *

Editor

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References

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