Irene I. Fizer Associate Professor of English Degrees: PHD, University of Pennsylvania; MA, University of Pennsylvania; BA, Rutgers University Bio: Ph.D., The University of Pennsylvania M.A., The University of Pennsylvania B.A, Rutgers Honors College, Rutgers University, magna cum laude Teaching Interests Eighteenth-century British Literature Early Modern Cultural Studies Gender Studies The British Novel British Gothic Fiction Jane Austen Research Interests Eighteenth-century British Literature Cultural Studies Gender Studies Jane Austen Material Culture The British Novel Female authorship in the long eighteenth century Film Interests Works on experimental films with her husband Albert Gabriel Nigrin as an Actor, Writer and Producer. She is co-owner of Light Pharmacy Films.