Nicholas Robinette
Associate Professor of English
Nicholas Robinette
Associate Professor of English
Nicholas Robinette is an Associate Professor of English. He teaches courses in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century British and Postcolonial Literatures. His areas of interest include working class and black British literature, environmental writing, the novel, and comics. He also teaches courses in the Environmental Studies program at Quinnipiac.
His scholarly work has focused on the intersection of postcolonial and contemporary British writing, especially the novel. This was the subject of his monograph Realism and Form (Palgrave, 2014). His current research focuses on autodidacticism, that is, writers who did not attend university such as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Terry Pratchett.
Prof. Robinette is a first generation college student.
His scholarly work has focused on the intersection of postcolonial and contemporary British writing, especially the novel. This was the subject of his monograph Realism and Form (Palgrave, 2014). His current research focuses on autodidacticism, that is, writers who did not attend university such as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Terry Pratchett.
Prof. Robinette is a first generation college student.
Education
- BA, Hiram College
- MA, Western Washington University
- PHD, University Minnesota Minneapolis
Organization
- English
Office Location
- College of Arts & Sciences 3 107
Mail Drop
- CL-AC3
Courses
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EN 223 Hippies, Punks and Rude Boys
Fall 2025 -
EN 230 Carbon Tales
Spring 2026 -
EN 331 Classical & Contemporary Literature Adolescent Lit
Fall 2025 -
EN 390 Environmental Writing
Fall 2025 -
EN 460 Senior Seminar Capstone
Spring 2026 -
ENV 390 Environmental Writing
Fall 2025 -
WGS 223 Hippies, Punks & Rude Boys
Summer 1 2025 -
WGS 331 Classic & Contemporary Literature
Fall 2025
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