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Susan Alison Rowland is an English Jungian scholar, literary critic, and author whose work focuses on analytical psychology, literature, feminism, ecology, and the arts. She is Professor of Writing and Depth Psychology and Core Faculty and Advisor in Research and the Humanities at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. In 2023, she wont he C. G. Jung Award for her research on post-Jungian studies.[1] She has also published a novel.
Early life and education
[edit]Rowland was born in London.[2] In 1981, she began her education at the University of Oxford, where she was admitted to Pembroke College. She became a student during the third year in which women were admitted into the college.[3] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English language and literature in 1985. A year later, she received her Postgraduate Certificate in Education in English secondary teaching from the same university. She continued her education at the University of London, where she received her Master of Arts in modern English literature in 1990. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in English in 1996 at the University of Newcastle.[4]
Career
[edit]Rowland began her career as a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool in 1995. Following this, she transferred to the University of Greenwich's School of Humanities, where she founded and chaired the MA by Research program. From 2008 to 2010, she was a professor of English at the university. Rowland later joined the Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she chaired the MA in Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life.[4] As of 2026, she continues to work with Pacifica Graduate Institute.[2]
In addition to her academic posts, Rowland has served as the Past President of the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies, as well as a founding member and chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies.[2] She has also been on the editorial board of academic journals, including The International Journal for Jungian Studies, Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, CLUES: A Journal of Detection, and the International Journal of Mythological Studies.[4][5][6]
Scholarship
[edit]Rowland's work brings Jungian and post-Jungian thought into dialogue with literary theory, feminist criticism, ecocriticism, myth studies, and the arts. Her scholarship has examined the literary dimensions of Carl Jung's writing, Jungian approaches to literature and culture, and the role of imagination and symbol in ecological and artistic inquiry.[7][8]
In Jung as a Writer (2005), Rowland analyzed Jung's texts through literary theory and argued for the importance of narrative, metaphor, and genre in Jung's psychology.[9] In The Ecocritical Psyche (2012), she connected Jungian thought with ecocriticism and evolutionary complexity, arguing for a renewed relationship between psyche, literature, and the non-human world.[8]
Jungian arts-based research
[edit]Rowland is associated with the development of Jungian arts-based research (JABR), an approach that combines Jungian and post-Jungian psychology with arts-based research methods.[10]
In collaboration with Joel Weishaus, she published Jungian Arts-Based Research and "The Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico" (2021), which presents JABR as a transdisciplinary method drawing on creativity, symbol, active imagination, and the unconscious in the production of knowledge.[10]
Fiction writing
[edit]As a novelist Rowland is the author of the Mary Wandwalker Mystery series. The Sacred Well Murders (2022), The Alchemy Fire Murder (2023), Murder on Family Grounds (2024), and The Swan Lake Murders (2025) were published by Chiron Publications.[11] In 2024, readers on Goodreads ranked Muder on Family Grounds as the most highly esteemed thriller book of all time.[12][13][14]
Books
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Rowland, Susan (2022). The Sacred Well Murders. Chiron. ISBN 9781685030056.
Nonfiction
[edit]- Rowland, Susan (1999). C. G. Jung and Literary Theory: the Challenge from Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333747209.[15]
- Rowland, Susan (2000). From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell: British Women Writers in Detective and Crime Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333684634.[16]
- Rowland, Susan (2002). Jung: A Feminist Revision. Polity. ISBN 9780745625171.[17]
- Rowland, Susan (2005). Jung as a Writer. Routledge. ISBN 9781583919026.
- Rowland, Susan, ed. (2008). Psyche and the Arts: Jungian Approaches to Music, Architecture, Literature, Painting and Film. Routledge. ISBN 9780415438360.[18]
- Rowland, Susan (2010). C. G. Jung in the Humanities: Taking the Soul's Path. Routledge. ISBN 9781000763621.
- Rowland, Susan (2012). The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Evolutionary Complexity and Jung. Routledge. ISBN 9780415550949.
- Rowland, Susan (2016). Remembering Dionysus: Revisioning psychology and literature in C.G. Jung and James Hillman. Routledge. ISBN 9780415855846.
- Rowland, Susan (2018). Jungian Literary Criticism: The Essential Guide. Routledge. ISBN 9781138673748.[19]
- Rowland, Susan (2019). The Sleuth and the Goddess: Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite in Women's Detective Fiction. Routledge. ISBN 9780367461072.[20]
- Rowland, Susan; Weishaus, Joel (2020). Jungian Arts-Based Research and "The Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico". Routledge. ISBN 9781138310797.[21]
References
[edit]- ↑ "C.G. Jung Award Recipient Susan Rowland". Pacifica Graduate Institute. Archived from the original on 14 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "About". Susan Rowland Books and Blog. Archived from the original on 2026-05-19. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ "From Comprehensive School to Murder Mystery Novelist: Pembroke Alumna Susan Rowland (1981, English)". Pembroke College, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 13 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Susan A Rowland Resume/CV". Pacifica Graduate Institute. Archived from the original on 8 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche — Editorial Board". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "International Journal of Jungian Studies — Editorial Board". Brill. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ Rowland, Susan (2010). C.G. Jung and the Humanities. Routledge.
- 1 2 Rowland, Susan (2012). The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Complexity, Evolution and Jung. Routledge.
- ↑ Rowland, Susan (2005). Jung as a Writer. Routledge.
- 1 2 Rowland, Susan; Weishaus, Joel (2021). Jungian Arts-Based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico. Routledge.
- ↑ "Mary Wandwalker Mystery Series". Chiron Publications. Archived from the original on 12 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "2024 Best-Selling Murder on Family Grounds". Yahoo Entertainment. Archived from the original on 14 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Top 10 Best Thriller Books". The Mirror. Archived from the original on 8 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ "Top 10 Best Thriller Novels". Express.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
- ↑ Tambling, Jeremy (April 2001). "Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect by Hayden White; C. G. Jung and Literary Theory: The Challenge from Fiction by Susan Rowland; Rereading Frye: The Published and Unpublished Works by David Boyd, Imre Salusinzky". The Modern Language Review. 96 (2): 452. doi:10.2307/3737353.
- ↑ "From Agatha Christie to Ruth Rendell; British women writers in detective and crime fiction". Reference and Research Book News. 16 (3). August 2001 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Connolly, Angela (February 2003). "Jung: A Feminist Revision". The Journal of Analytic Psychology. 48 (1): 119–121.
- ↑ Dougherty, Mary (September 2009). "Psyche and the Arts: Jungian Approaches to Music, Architecture, Literature, Painting and Film edited by Rowland, Susan". Journal of Analytical Psychology. 54 (4): 538–540. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5922.2009.01801_4.x. ISSN 0021-8774.
- ↑ Slattery, Dennis Patrick (2020-10-01). "Jungian Literary Criticism: The Essential Guide (2019). By Susan Rowland. Edited By Luke Hockley. Routledge". Psychological Perspectives. 63 (3–4): 517–521. doi:10.1080/00332925.2020.1816797. ISSN 0033-2925.
- ↑ Betz, Phyllis M. (Fall 2017). "The Sleuth and the Goddess: Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite in Women's Detective Fiction". Clues. 35 (2): 118–120 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Roloff, Lee (April 2006). "Jung as a Writer by Susan Rowland". Journal of Analytical Psychology. 51 (2): 310–311. doi:10.1111/j.0021-8774.2006.00590b.x. ISSN 0021-8774.