New York University

Karen Hornick teaches courses that integrate the study of literature, media, philosophy, cultural history, and writing. At Gallatin, she has taught writing seminars and interdisciplinary seminars on gender and feminist theory, modern cultural history, and popular culture theory. Her dissertation analyzed the role of writers in the creation of England's national schooling system during the Victorian period. More recently, she has published articles on the poetics of television. She is currently writing a book about serial narratives and popular aesthetics; its ideas grew out of discussions she has had with students in her culture classes. Professor Hornick has served as a faculty adviser to The Gallatin Review, an annual journal of student writing and artwork.