Dean of the Liberal Studies Program Fred Schwarzbach is also a Master Teacher of Humanities.
His publications include the books Dickens and the City and Victorian Artists and the City, editions of Dickens' American Notes and Anne Bronte's Agnes Gray, as well as numerous scholarly chapters, articles, and review essays on Victorian and modern British literature and culture. He is also a founding member of the American Friends of the Dickens House Museum.
Dean Schwarzbach earned his A.B and M.A. from Columbia University, and received his Ph.D. from London University. He has taught at University College London, Washington University in St. Louis, Louisiana State University, Washington State University, and Kent State University, where he served for eight years as chair of the Department of English. He joined the Liberal Studies Program as Dean and Master Teacher of Humanities in 2004.