Scott Reznick

Scott Reznick is a literary scholar who specializes in nineteenth-century American literature, though his research and teaching interests reside at the intersections between literature, philosophy, and political life more broadly. He will begin teaching at UATX in Fall 2025.

Dr. Reznick’s first book, Political Liberalism and the Rise of American Romanticism (Oxford University Press, 2024), reexamines the relationship between two of modernity’s most important intellectual traditions. It shows how American literary Romanticism developed in response to pervasive conflicts over democracy’s moral dimensionsin the early republic and antebellum eras as U.S. writers grew increasingly preoccupied with how individuals come to embrace their most deeply held convictions—and what happens when they encounter others who see the world differently.

His work has also appeared in a range of scholarly journals, including Early American Literature; ESQ: A Journal of Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture; Arizona Quarterly; and American Political Thought, and he has written about the broader role of literature and the humanities for The Hedgehog Review Online. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Boston College.