A specialist in 18th and 19th century English literature, James Means taught at the Université Laval in Canada for fifteen years before joining the Northwestern State University faculty in 1991. After several years at NSU, he made the move to the Scholars' College in 1995. Author of some thirty-five monographs and articles, Dr. Means' most recent research and publications have focused on Victorian fiction, particularly the novels of Anthony Trollope and the short fiction of Sheridan LeFanu. In 1999 he was selected as the NSU Alumni Association's Outstanding Teacher for the Scholars' College.
Dr. Means is a Life Member of Birkbeck College, London, a recipient of a Grant-in-Aid from the American Council of Learned Societies, and a former National Merit Scholar. He is a Marshall Scholar to Britain, as well as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Danforth Fellow. His name is listed in Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
In addition to Texts and Traditions and Democratic Vistas, Dr. Means teaches Shakespeare and Major Figure courses on Edgar Allan Poe and William Faulkner.
Dr. Means was the 2006 NSU Excellence in Teaching Award winner for the Scholars' College.
