Jenny Davidson

Jenny Davidson is an American historian who is currently a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. An alumna of Harvard University, Davidson completed her Ph.D. at Yale University in 1999. She was a Guggenheim Fellow during 2005-2006 and was named a visiting scholar to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences that same year. Davidson has written several novels, including the Tiptree nominated young adult book The Explosionist.