Assistant Professor
Yair Solan is Assistant Professor of Literature and Film in the Department of Humanities and Politics at Nova Southeastern University. He specializes in 19th & 20th century American literature, film studies, and the history of media and technology. His work has appeared in Modernism/modernity, The Journal of the Short Story in English, and Studies in American Naturalism, and he has written for the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Dr. Solan has taught courses in American and African American literature, the graphic memoir, dramatic literature, and major authors, as well as courses in the department's minor in film studies.
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About Yair Solan
Yair Solan is Assistant Professor of Literature and Film in the Department of Humanities and Politics at Nova Southeastern University. He specializes in 19th & 20th century American literature, film studies, and the history of media and technology. His work has appeared in Modernism/modernity, The Journal of the Short Story in English, and Studies in American Naturalism, and he has written for the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Dr. Solan has taught courses in American and African American literature, the graphic memoir, dramatic literature, and major authors, as well as courses in the department's minor in film studies.
| Present | Assistant Professor of Literature and Film, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Humanities and Politics | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2024 | Editorial Board, Studies in American Naturalism | 2020 | Peer Reviewer, American Literary History | 2016 - 2017 | Curriculum Committee, English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2014 - 2016 | Graduate Representative, Silent Cinema Cultures, Society for Cinema and Media Studies | 2014 - 2015 | Executive Committee, English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2015 | Peer Reviewer, Life Writing | 2013 - 2014 | Chair, Course Assessment Committee, English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2011 - 2014 | Course Assessment Committee, English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2010 - 2011 | Research Assistant, English Department, The Graduate Center, CUNY | 2009 - 2010 | M.A. Student Representative, English Department, New York University | 2009 - 2010 | Graduate Program Committee, English Department, New York University |
Honors and Awards
- (2019) CUNY Academy Travel Award Grant, Queens College, CUNY
- (2016-2017) Florence Bloch Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- (2015-2016) Robert Adams Day Dissertation Year Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- (2015) Advanced Research Collaborative Archival Research Grant in American Studies
- (2014-15, 2016-17) Doctoral Student Research Grant, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- (2012) Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant, Popular Culture/American Culture Association
- (2010) Northeast Modern Language Association Graduate Student Caucus Travel Grant
- (2010-15) Enhanced Chancellor's Fellowship, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Courses
- FILM 2000: Introduction to Film
- FILM 3040: Women and Film
- LITR 2021H: American Literature II Honors
- LITR 3640: Studies in Drama
- LITR 3520: African American Literature
- LITR 4760: Major Authors
- LITR 2020: American Literature I
- LITR 2021: American Literature II
- LITR 2031: World Literature II
- LITR 2130: Contemporary Memoir
| 2017 | Ph.D. English, The Graduate Center, City University of New York | |
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| 2010 | M.A. English, New York University | |
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| 2004 | B.A., Rutgers University | |
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