FARMINGTON — Kristen Case, University of Maine at Farmington assistant professor of English, has recently been named editor of the Concord Saunterer, the professional journal of the Thoreau Society — the oldest and largest organization devoted to an American author.

During Case’s tenure as editor, the prestigious academic journal will be housed on the UMF campus. Case’s term as editor of the Thoreau journal will begin with the upcoming volume.

Case’s scholarly work on Thoreau, originally part of her Ph.D. dissertation, began in 2007 and has since become a major endeavor. With it, Case has undertaken the transcription and publication of an online edition of Thoreau’s “Kalendar.” This previously unpublished work represents a decade worth of Thoreau’s scientific observations aimed at creating a biological timeline tracking the natural year.

Currently teaching courses in American literature, Case came to UMF in 2010.

Her essays have appeared in The Robert Frost Review, Concord Saunterer and Southwest Review, among others. She previously taught at Lebanon Valley College, S.U.N.Y at Oneonta and Brooklyn College.

She received her Ph.D. in English from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.