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Joanne Jacobson. “Joanne Jacobson’s work combines an unfailing lucidity with a richness of texture and an emotional depth rarely encountered in the current literary environment.
Joanne Jacobson CV. Biography: Dr. Joanne Jacobson came to Yeshiva University in 1990, from Middlebury College, where she taught American literature and American studies, and the University of Iowa, where she received her PhD in American civilization.
“Thoreau’s Body.” Bellevue Literary Review, Issue 35, Fall 2018 (Pushcart Prize nominee; cited as a notable essay of the year in Best American Essays 2019). “We live in a world of disruption: migrating birds thrown fatally off course by urban lights and noise, the seas rising as glaciers melt.
Mar 16, 2021 · Joanne Jacobson is Professor Emerita of English and former associate dean for academic affairs at Yeshiva College, where she taught American studies, American literature, and nonfiction writing, and also served as director of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program.
Mar 16, 2021 · On Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College and Crisis & Hope: YU Voices co-hosted a conversation between Dr. Joanne Jacobson, professor emerita of English, former associate dean for academic affairs and former director of the Honors Program, and playwright and poet Barbara Blatner, lecturer ...
Joanne Jacobson, Professor Emerita of English and former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Yeshiva College, discusses her book "Every Last Breath: A Memoi...
The hopes and anxieties of the period, the dynamics of generation, gender and ethnicity are all uncovered in this gem of a memoir. Joanne Jacobson’s intertwining of a young girl’s life and a culture’s history is simply beautiful and unforgettable.” — Julie D’Acci, University of Wisconsin—Madison
