Education:
Ph.D., Harvard University - 2007 (Comparative Literature)
M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison - 1999 (English)
A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard - Radcliffe College - 1997 (English)
Areas of Expertise:
Haley's primary areas of research are French and English 16th- and 17th-century literature and humor studies. Her secondary areas of interest include 18th-century literature, the Jewish Bible, lyric poetry from Dante to Eliot, and Italian Renaissance drama.
Books and Publications
Worlds of Laughter (tentative title), which tells the story of humor across multiple cultures and languages. New York: Columbia University Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2013
"The Trumpets of Dante's Inferno." Comedy in Comparative Literature. Edwin Mellen Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011
"Making the Character His Own: A Rediscovery of the Jonsonian Humor." Under editorial consideration by the Ben Jonson Journal. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Grant, for research toward book on humor studies. April. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Italian Captains and Shakespearean Farce." Annual meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association. Albuquerque, N.M., February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Tales From the Cule." Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass., March. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"'Privy Tokens': Rabelais's and Nashe's Copious, Bodily Text." Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Long Beach, Calif., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
