Jolene Mendel obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from Emerson College and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from Chapman University. She has been instructing literature courses for nearly ten years. Aside from teaching, she has been active in research, specifically English Renaissance literature. She has published two books, one titled “Christopher Marlowe: Redefining the Self”(2008) and the other titled "Women of the Crusades" (2010).