Laura Otis
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Laura Otis

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Trained as a neuroscientist and literary scholar, Laura Otis studies ways that literature and science intersect. She is a Professor of English Emerita at Emory University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her research has been supported by MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and she blogs on literary and scientific creativity for the journal Psychology Today. Otis holds a BS in Biochemistry, an MA in Neuroscience, a PhD in Comparative Literature, and an MFA in Fiction. Her book, Rethinking Thought, explores ways that creative people use words and images in their thinking. Besides her academic books, Otis has published six novels and the story collection D Minor, featuring characters with super-sensitive ears. Her fiction focuses on women's lives and their unique strategies to overcome abuse.
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