faculty
Jenny Howe, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
English & Communication
Contact
508-910-6548
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Balsam Hall 9167
Education
| 2014 | Tufts University | PhD |
| 2005 | Boston College | MA |
| 2002 | Boston College | BA |
Teaching
- First Year Writing
- Children's Literature and Media
- Romance Genre
- Gender and Identity
- Creative Writing
Research
Research interests
- Children's literature and media
- Romance genre
- Gender and identity
- Writing pedagogy
Select publications
- Jenny L. Howe (2025).
Love at Full Tilt
Delacorte Press - Jenny L Howe (2024).
How to Get a Life in Ten Dates
St. Martin's Press - Jenny L. Howe (2023).
On the Plus Side
St. Martin's Press - Jenny L. Howe (2022).
The Make-Up Test
St. Martin's Press
Professor Jenny Howe teaches writing and literature courses that focus on children’s literature/media, the romance genre, and the representation of bodies and identity, as well as courses in creative writing. She also writes and publishes fiction for teens and adults. Her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal, and have been selected as editor's picks on Amazon and Reader's Digest. Her third romantic comedy, How to Get a Life in Ten Dates, releases with St. Martin's Press in 2024, and her first YA novel comes out with Delacorte Press in 2025.