Susan Osborn Ph.D.

Award-winning author, educator, and advocate Dr. Susan Osborn is a leading voice in feminist literary and cultural criticism, merging scholarship with feminist advocacy. With a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, she has taught gender studies, literature, and writing at institutions including Rutgers, the New School, and SUNY-New Paltz. Her acclaimed book Elizabeth Bowen: New Critical Perspectives was hailed as a “tour de force,” and her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR.

A dedicated mentor, Dr. Osborn supports women navigating systemic barriers, working with organizations like Saprea and the BOLD Center’s Reilly Program. Her research explores how sexual violence impacts creativity and professional life, and she has spearheaded initiatives like the UN’s 16 Days of Activism campaign. Combining intellectual rigor with deep empathy, she champions language and community as tools for transformation.

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“The offender is not out of the ordinary. He did not land from an alien planet. He came from amongst us…and is a mirror of our culture.”

—Linda Tschirhart Sanford

“We have… trivialized this subject, not because it is peripheral to major social interests, but because it is so central that we have not yet dared to conceptualize its scope.”

—Roland C. Summit writing in 1993

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