# Amy Kaplan

amy kaplan was an American academic working in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies, her work focused on the critical study of the culture of imperialism, prison writing, mourning, memory, and war. Kaplan was Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, and president of the American Studies Association in 2003. == Education and Career == Kaplan graduated summa cum laude from Brandeis University with a BA. She completed her PhD at The Johns Hopkins University, where she researched late-nineteenth-century American literature.