2013 - Present | Director, University of Louisville | |
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2001 - Present | Associate Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of English | |
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July 2020 - December 2020 | Acting Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, University of Louisville ‐ Office of the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences | |
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1993 - 2001 | Assistant Professor, University of Louisville ‐ Department of English | |
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1992 - 1993 | Instructor (tenure-stream), Colgate University | |
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1991 - 1992 | Consultant, Colgate University | |
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1989 - 1992 | Instructor, University of Pennsylvania | |
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Disciplines
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Vice President Elect, Children's Literature Association | 2017 - 2019 | Advisory Board Member, Research on Diversity in Youth Literature |
Courses
- African American Literary and Oral Cultures
- African American Genres
- Studies in Genre: American Autobiography
- African American Literature & the City
- Introduction to English Studies (graduate)
- Studies in African American Literature: Autobiography in Print and Film
- African American Literature from 1845: General Survey
- Immigrant Narratives
- American Literary Realism
- Multicultural Children’s Literature
- American Literature, 1865-1910.
- Introduction to English Studies (undergraduate)
- American Literature, from its beginnings to 1865
- African American Literature: Representations of Youth
- Genre in African American Literature: The Novel
- Studies in Post-Colonial/Ethnic Literature
- Minority Traditions in Literature: Immigrant Literature
- Studies in African American Literature: Cultures of Reading & Writing
- African American Literature since 1845: Realism, Fantasy & Speculative Literature
- Exploring Popular Culture: Young Adult and Children’s Literature
1994 | Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania ‐ English | |
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1988 | M.A., University of Pennsylvania ‐ English | |
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1984 | B.A. with General Honors, University of Chicago ‐ English | |
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Contact Information
Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville KY 40292
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