Jason Crawford comes to Valparaiso University from Harvard University, where he earned his Ph.D. in English, and where he has taught courses on Shakespeare, the early modern lyric, medieval witchcraft and demonology, and allegory. His doctoral dissertation, "Personification and its Discontents," explores the decay of allegory in English poetry from the 14th to the 17th centuries.

Jason is a postdoctoral fellow for 2009-2011 in Lilly Fellows Program, for which he teaches courses in the College of Arts and Sciences and Christ College.  This fall, he will be teaching in Christ College's freshman program.

Crawford earned his bachelor's degree in English and philosophy at Louisiana State University.