Alan Jacobs (academic)


Alan Jacobs is a scholar of English literature, writer, and literary critic. He is a distinguished professor of the humanities in the Honors Program of Baylor University.

Career

Jacobs earned a B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1980 and a PhD from the University of Virginia in 1987. He was the Clyde S. Kilby chair professor of English at Wheaton College until 2012 when his hiring to Baylor was widely noted as part of the competition between these two Christian colleges.
In addition to his academic work and books, Jacobs has been or is a regular contributor to magazines including The Atlantic, First Things, and The New Atlantis.

Books

Jacobs' books include: