Etta Madden is the author or editor of four books, which consider American women writers, Italy, and utopian and intentional communities: Engaging Italy: American Women’s Utopian Visions and Transnational Networks (SUNY Press 2022), Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias, Selections from Eliza Leslie, and Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies. She has also written articles on these topics in Communities Magazine, Commonplace, Early American Literature, New England Quarterly, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, and Utopian Studies. The recipient of a Fulbright award, Etta has been a research fellow at the New York Public Library, an NEH Seminar participant at the American Academy in Rome, and a two-time recipient of a Mellon Fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia. She teaches courses on American literature, women writers, and utopian visions as Clif & Gail Smart Professor of English at Missouri State University.