Dr. Jeanne I. Lakatos teaches in the English and Literature Department at Southern New Hampshire University. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics and her semiotic theory of iconic realism to cognition, artistic expression, and culture. Her recent publications:

1. The Theory of Iconic Realism: Understanding the Arts through Cultural Context. Mellen Press

2. Chapters in the following books: Breaking the Mould: Literary Representation of Irish Catholicism and Franco-Irish Connections in Space and Time, Peter Lang Publishers

3. Innovations in Rhetoric in the Writings of Sydney Owenson (Lady Morgan, 1781-1859), Mellen Press