She received her BA from the College of William and Mary, her MA from the University of York in the UK, and her PhD from Johns Hopkins. She also spent a year as a Fulbright fellow in the Netherlands, where she studied contemporary Dutch narrative. Professor Hershinow is currently working on a book about inexperience in the18th Century novel. Essays from this project are forthcoming. She is also working on an essay on literary formalism, which grows out of her time as a fellow at the Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers. In addition to teaching composition (ENG 2100 and 2150), Great Works of Literature (ENG 2800 and 2850), and surveys of British literature (ENG 3010 and 3015), Professor Hershinow teaches various electives in 18th Century studies and literary theory.