Cooper Union

Jill Muller

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jill Muller earned her Ph.D. from Columbia in 2000. She specializes in 19th and 20th century British literature, drama, and theatre. Her publications include Gerard Manley Hopkins and Victorian Catholicism (Routledge 2003), introductions to the Barnes and Noble Classic editions of Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby and The Secret Garden, and articles on James Joyce, John Henry Newman and medieval women mystics. She also works as a dramaturge and accent coach. Her most recent experience in student theatre was with Columbia University Players 2005-2008.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.