Ilana Blumberg teaches in the Department of English at Bar Ilan University in Israel. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the Mellon Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the Israel Science Foundation.
Ilana has received awards for teaching excellence from the University of Pennsylvania and Michigan State University, where she taught for eleven years. Her research areas include life writing, education, and Victorian culture.