Biography and education
Ph.D. Yale University
M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College
M.F.A. Iowa Writers' Workshop
B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Stern, L. O. (2025). “In Praise of Socks: The ‘Poetic’ in Wittgenstein.” New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation, 56(1), 141–157.
- Stern, L. O. (2025, April 23). Kafka: The Making of an Icon (Arts Review). Law and Humanities. Oxfordshire, UK: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17521483.2025.2491902?src=
- Stern, L. O. (2020, July). The Divide. Smithsonian. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
- Stern, L. O. (2019). The Study of Animal Languages. New York, NY: Viking Penguin.
- Stern, L. O. (2017). Lüz. Edmonds, WA: Ravenna Press.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist for the Zipporah B. Wiseman Prize for Scholarship in Law, Literature, and Justice, The University of Texas School of Law. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Ralph Cohen Prize, New Literary History: A Journal of Theory and Interpretation. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: The Austin Sarat Prize, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University. 2021
- Award / Honor Nominee: National Magazine Award, Smithsonian Editorial Board. 2020
Featured service activities
- Member
Search Committee
- Co-Chair
Conference Planning Committee, The Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities
- Member
Clark Prize Committee
- Member
Therese Kayser Lindsey Visiting Scholars Committee
- Member
Visiting Creative Writers Committee