English & Creative Writing

Education

  • PHD, Washington University
  • MA, Univ of Chicago
  • BA, University of Virginia

Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing

Contact Information

Robertson hails from New York City, where he takes English majors every year to visit a museum, take in a play, and eat Indian food. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Virginia, earned his master’s and did a year of doctoral work at the University of Chicago, and attained his Ph.D. at Washington University.

Robertson’s first book, Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England, was recently published by Penn State Press. A complementary work titled The British Index, a 1,900-page annotated bibliography of works censored in the British Isles 1641-1700, is now online here. He recently co-authored an article with a Susquehanna student; it was published in The Huntington Library Quarterly, an internationally renowned academic journal.

Robertson teaches courses on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature, the novel, media history, satire, and the Enlightenment. His next book will trace the relationship between wit and skepticism from the Renaissance to the present.

Robertson serves as the reviews editor of Modern Language Studies, a national academic journal on which a number of Susquehanna University students also work.
Robertson’s other interests include tennis, hiking, rowing, chess, and The Daily Show.

  • ENGL-100: Writing and Thinking
  • ENGL-240: Literary Themes
  • ENGL-265: Critical Surveys in Forms of Writing
  • ENGL-265: Forms of Writing: Essay
  • ENGL-265: Forms of Writing: Novel
  • ENGL-350: Studies in Major Authors
  • ENGL-361: Lit Forms: Science Fiction
  • ENGL-361: Literary Forms: Sci Fiction
  • ENGL-361: Science Fiction
  • ENGL-375: History of the Book
  • ENGL-388: Publishing: Ethics/Art/Politics
  • ENGL-505: Independent Study
  • ENGL-540: Internship
  • HONS-100: Thought
  • HONS-200: Thought and Civilization
  • HONS-301: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon Sem: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon Sem: Lit Forms - Sci Fict
  • HONS-301: Hon: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon: Science Fiction
  • HONS-301: Literary Forms: Sci Fiction
  • WRIT-520: Practicum
  • WRIT-540: Internship

About Me

Robertson hails from New York City, where he takes English majors every year to visit a museum, take in a play, and eat Indian food. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Virginia, earned his master’s and did a year of doctoral work at the University of Chicago, and attained his Ph.D. at Washington University.

Robertson’s first book, Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England, was recently published by Penn State Press. A complementary work titled The British Index, a 1,900-page annotated bibliography of works censored in the British Isles 1641-1700, is now online here. He recently co-authored an article with a Susquehanna student; it was published in The Huntington Library Quarterly, an internationally renowned academic journal.

Robertson teaches courses on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature, the novel, media history, satire, and the Enlightenment. His next book will trace the relationship between wit and skepticism from the Renaissance to the present.

Robertson serves as the reviews editor of Modern Language Studies, a national academic journal on which a number of Susquehanna University students also work.
Robertson’s other interests include tennis, hiking, rowing, chess, and The Daily Show.

Courses Taught

  • ENGL-100: Writing and Thinking
  • ENGL-240: Literary Themes
  • ENGL-265: Critical Surveys in Forms of Writing
  • ENGL-265: Forms of Writing: Essay
  • ENGL-265: Forms of Writing: Novel
  • ENGL-350: Studies in Major Authors
  • ENGL-361: Lit Forms: Science Fiction
  • ENGL-361: Literary Forms: Sci Fiction
  • ENGL-361: Science Fiction
  • ENGL-375: History of the Book
  • ENGL-388: Publishing: Ethics/Art/Politics
  • ENGL-505: Independent Study
  • ENGL-540: Internship
  • HONS-100: Thought
  • HONS-200: Thought and Civilization
  • HONS-301: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon Sem: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon Sem: Lit Forms - Sci Fict
  • HONS-301: Hon: History of the Book
  • HONS-301: Hon: Science Fiction
  • HONS-301: Literary Forms: Sci Fiction
  • WRIT-520: Practicum
  • WRIT-540: Internship