Jane Statlander

Jane Statlander-Slote is a Professor of English, former public school educator and author of volumes on Philip Roth, other Jewish-American writers and American Historical Romance, including, Philip Roth's Postmodern American Romance: Critical Essays on Selected Works, 2012; Philip Roth's Postmodern American Romance (Twentieth Century American Jewish Writers), 2010; Cultural Dialectic (Twentieth Century American Jewish Writers), 2002. She is also a documentary film filmmaker.

Born in Newark, New Jersey. Jane Statlander has been publishing poetry, literary criticism as well as theater and film reviews since her teens. Her play Family Affair was first performed in Israel. She received a PhD in American Culture and Literature from the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, and her dissertation "Cultural Dialectic" was published in book form by Peter Lang in 2002. She currently resides in Miami, Florida, where she is preparing for a second career in social work and psychotherapy.