Contact Information
Macalester College Old Main 201 1600 Grand Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55105 Old Main 201
Expertise
- African American literature and culture
- The Harlem Renaissance
- American modernism
- Race, gender, and modernity
- History of the novel
- Literature and medicine
- Literature and legal studies
- Race and visual culture
- Detective fiction
Courses/Seminars
- Topics in 19th Century African-American Literature: From Fiction to Non-Fiction
- History of a Literary Genre: Letters & Diaries
- History of a Literary Genre: African-American Detective Fiction
- Novel
- African American Literature from 1900 to the Present
- Topics in 20th Century African American Literature: Contemporary African American Novels
- American Voices
- African American Literature to 1900
Honors & Awards
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2004 by the American Library Association (for Unnatural Selections)
- University System of Maryland Women's Forum Faculty Research Award, 2001
- MLA's Foerster Prize, 2000
- National Endowment for the Humanities Dissertation Grant, 1995-1996