title: Phillip J. Barrish
text: # Phillip J. Barrish
  
  Phillip J. Barrish is a literary scholar, currently the Tony Hilfer Professor of American and British Literature at University of Texas at Austin, and also a published author.
  
  ## Education
  
  * Cornell University, Ph.D. in English and American Literature, 1991
  * Cornell University, M.A. in English and American Literature, 1987
  * The University of Pennsylvania, Simultaneous M.A. in English and B.A., Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in English, 1985
  