Jessica Schnepp is an Assistant Professor at Ave Maria University, specializing in the Catholic Grotesque with publications in peer-reviewed journals and general outlets. She teaches rhetoric, poetics, and genre studies and is involved in student organizations and editorial projects. Jessica earned her Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America, focusing on Twentieth-Century American and British Literature.

I'm interested in helping students with their professional development alongside a robust liberal arts education and helping students see the connections between the two. I'd like to see collaboration between the Institute and the literature program so that the literature program becomes nationally known not only for stellar academics but also for placing students in arts, media, and publishing careers.