#  Deidre Lynch Named Harvard College Professor 

 





May 19, 2021

 

 

 Harvard has announced that WGS Standing Committee member [Deidre Lynch](/people/deidre-shauna-lynch) has been [named a Harvard College Professor](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/new-harvard-college-professors-announced/). Harvard College Professors are recognized for their contributions to undergraduate teaching and a positive influence on the culture of teaching at the University. The professorships are five-year appointments that include support for research and a semester of paid leave or summer salary.

 Lynch is the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature and the author of *[Janeites: Austen’s Disciples and Devotees](https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691050065/janeites)* and *[The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner Meaning](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3626227.html)* and has taught the popular course Jane Austens Fiction and Fans.

 Lynch joins [Robin Bernstein](/news/robin-bernstein-appointed-harvard-college-professor) as one of two members of the WGS Standing Committee currently appointed as Harvard College Professors.

 Please join us in congratulating her on this honor!



 

 

 



 

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