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Catherine Eskin, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of English and Modern Languages
Catherine Eskin

Dr. Eskin has been teaching for…a really long time. A native of Philadelphia, she completed her undergraduate work at Douglass College (Rutgers University) and her graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. Eskin enjoys teaching a variety of subjects and skills, though her graduate work prepared her specifically for English Renaissance and Rhetoric topics. Since her arrival at Florida Southern College, she has consistently taught first-year writing and early English literature, along with Shakespeare, feminist humor, place studies, creative non-fiction and biography. Eskin enjoys interacting with students and serves as the Faculty Advisor to several organizations: the Harry Potter Club, Allies and the campus chapter of Hillel. Eskin is involved in religious life on campus — she and her students build a sukkah each year! An active member at Temple Emanuel, Eskin founded the Temple Emanuel Archive of images and oral history interviews in 2007/2008 and used a semester-long sabbatical (Fall 2015) to collect interviews for the Archive. She currently serves on the board of the Lakeland History and Culture Museum and the Southern Jewish Historical Society. Eskin enjoys walking (to and from school each day), biking, hiking and playing the occasional capture-the-flag game with her family.