George Washington University faculty experts are available to discuss and provide insight into different aspects of Valentine’s Day, including why perfume has long been given as a gift, the role poetry plays and how different cultures celebrate love.
To schedule an interview with the experts below, contact Kurie Fitzgerald at [email protected] or 202-994-6461.
GW’s Flash Studio, a state-of-the-art broadcast studio, is available for remote, live or taped television and radio interviews. The studio is operated in partnership with VideoLink.
Holly Dugan is an associate professor of English. She can comment on why perfume is such a popular gift, the history of scent and perfume as it relates to eroticism/love and the history of gender.
Jennifer Green-Lewis is an associate professor of English. She is an expert on Victorian literature in the context of the visual arts and can discuss Virginia Woolf’s love letters.
Jane Shore is a professor of English. She is especially interested in poet Elizabeth Bishop and can discuss poetry’s impact on Valentine’s Day. She teaches modern and contemporary creative writing.
Jonathan Hsy is a professor of English. He can discuss love as it relates to Shakespeare, late medieval literature and culture.
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