Nancy Arnesen
English
Professor of English
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(773) 244-5653
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Caroline Hall 312; Campus Box #36
Education
PhD, English, Northwestern University
MA, English, Northern Illinois University
BA, Literature, Wheaton College
Profile
Professor Nancy Arnesen thinks carefully about the challenges many people see in finding careers with liberal arts degrees. “There is not always a straight line between undergraduate major and post-college life,” she says. “This need not be a negative—in fact, it is arguably a great strength.”
In her courses, students encounter life’s biggest dilemmas through the work of ancient and modern authors, a practice that creates both safety and challenge for students considering their own place in the world.
Arnesen’s teaching and research interests span a wide swath of literature and related disciplines, including Shakespeare, Early Modern English literature, Milton, Spenser, feminist approaches to literature, and neuroscience and literature. She is grateful for the community of learners at North Park that helps to foster such wide interests in faculty and students. “I find the life of the academic community at North Park to be a constant parade of interesting and thought-provoking ideas, events, and opportunities,” she says.
Honors & Awards
Zenos Hawkinson Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership, 2011