Lisbeth Chapin is the Assistant Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of English at Gwynedd Mercy University, hired in 2004.
Professor Chapin's specialty is the British Romantic Writers, specifically Percy and Mary Shelley, with her most recent research focus being Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. She also teaches Women Authors, British Literature, and World Literature. In the Writing Intensive Seminar courses (SEM), she teaches SEM 213 Literature and the Environment, SEM 215 The Bible as Literature, and SEM 218 Women in the Christian Scriptures.
Professor Chapin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (Univ. of Delaware), a Master of Arts degree in English (Temple Univ.), and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English (Univ. of Denver). She has published poetry, creative non-fiction, and scholarly essays and has been teaching literature and writing since 1990. Her book for McFarland Publishers, Mary Shelley: A Companion, is due out in 2027.
