Personal profile
About
Joseph Carroll, a recipient of both the Chancellor's and President's Award for Research and Creativity, teaches nineteenth-century British literature, literary theory, short stories, and interdisciplinary seminars in the Honors College. He is the author of The Cultural Theory of Matthew Arnold; Wallace Stevens' Supreme Fiction; Evolution and Literary Theory; Literary Darwinism; Reading Human Nature; and Graphing Jane Austen (co-authored). He has produced an edition of Darwin's On the Origin of Species and is co-editor of Evolution, Literature, and Film: A Reader. In 2012, he helped organize an international conference at UMSL. A co-edited volume of essays, Darwin’s Bridge: Uniting the Sciences and Humanities, originated from that conference. Carroll is editor in chief of Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture.
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- Curriculum Vitae
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Education/Academic qualification
Comparative Literature, MA, University of California, Berkeley
English, BA, University of California, Berkeley
Comparative Literature, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
- Evolution and Culture
- Literary Theory
- Literary Criticism
- Literature
- Psychology
Disciplines
- Arts and Humanities
- Comparative Literature
- English Language and Literature
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Response to Patrick Colm Hogan's Article on Literary Universals and Culture
Carroll, J., 2024, In: Style. 58, 3, p. 272-280 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Narrative Theory and Neuroscience: Why Human Nature Matters
Carroll, J., 2023, In: Style. 57, 3, p. 241-272 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial: Imaginative culture and human nature: Evolutionary perspectives on the arts, religion, and ideology
Carroll, J., Johnson, J. A., Jonsson, E., Jung, R. E. & van Mulukom, V., Aug 31 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 999057.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Narrative Theory and Neuroscience: Why Human Nature Matters
Carroll, J., Dec 1 2022, In: Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. 6, 2, p. 81-100 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Imaginative Culture
Carroll, J., Clasen, M. & Jonsson, E., Jan 1 2020, Springer International Publishing. 423 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Activities
- 1 Editorial activity
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Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture (Journal)
Carroll, J. C. (Editor)
2000 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity