Andrew N. Rubin grew up in Texas and graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University in 1992. That same year, he moved to England where he obtained his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Sussex. In 2002, he earned his doctorate in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Rubin is an Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University. He is the author and co-editor of several books, including Archives of Authority (forthcoming), Adorno: A Critical Reader, and The Edward Said Reader. He has written on the subject of twentieth century culture for magazines and journals including The South Atlantic Quarterly, Alif: A Journal of Comparative Poetics, The Journal of Palestine Studies, The Nation magazine, The New Statesman and al-ahram.

His research interests and expertise include 20th century Anglophone Literature, and Literary Theory. He has written extensively on the work of George Orwell, Edward W. Said, and Theodor W. Adorno, among others.