Susan Aronstein

Susan Aronstein joined the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office in 2022 as an Associate Dean after an illustrious career in the English deparment. Aronstein joined the UW English Department in 1987. She is the author of Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Palgrave, 2005) and British Arthurian Narrative (University of Florida, 2012) as well as the co-editor (with Tison Pugh) of Disney’s Middle Ages: A Fairy Tale and Fantasy Past (Palgrave, 2012). Her articles on medieval Arthurian romance, medieval film, medievalism, and Disney have appeared in numerous books and journals. Aronstein teaches courses in medieval literature, Arthurian Legend, Disney, and film and popular culture.