Deborah Denenholz Morse is the NEH Eminent Chair of English at The College of William & Mary. Professor Morse was the inaugural Sara E. Nance Eminent Professor of English from 2017-24 and is a Plumeri Faculty Excellence Scholar. She received her BA from Stanford University and her MA and PhD from Northwestern University. In 2007, she coedited Victorian Animal Dreams with Professor Martin Danahay, a volume long recognized as groundbreaking. Her scholarship in literary animal studies has continued with a 2018 Cambridge article on Black Beauty and other published work, lectures, reviewing, and teaching in the field. Professor Morse has published widely on Anthony Trollope, including two monographs, and has also published many articles and coedited books on the Brontës and Elizabeth Gaskell. In recent years, her teaching and publications have focused on Victorian social justice issues, including articles on women’s rights, abolition, and animal rights. Professor Morse has received many teaching awards at William & Mary, including the Phi Beta Kappa, the Devin & Jennifer Murphy inaugural award for Outstanding Integration of Research and Teaching, and the Thomas A. Graves Award for Sustained Excellence.