JOELA JACOBS is Assistant Professor of German Studies and the founder of the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network. Her research and publications focus on the intersection of 19th-21st century German literature and film with Plant and Animal Studies, Environmental Humanities, Jewish Studies, the History of Sexuality, and the History of Science. Her monograph Animal, Vegetal, Marginal about the literary grotesque from Panizza to Kafka is appearing with Indiana University Press in March 2025. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Joela Jacobs
Assistant Professor
Department of German Studies
