Jonathan Blake Fine studied Comparative Literature at New York University and received a Ph.D. in German and Critical Theory from the University of California, Irvine. He subsequently held a Volkswagen Stiftung/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Freie Universität Berlin and has taught at Gettysburg College, Pacific Lutheran University, and Brown University. More information on his research and teaching can be found at jonathanblakefine.com.