Featured Faculty Publications

We are proud to showcase the hard work and dedication of our faculty in advancing their respective fields of study. Their research and publications are a testament to our commitment to academic excellence and intellectual inquiry. Here are a just a few of their most recent efforts.

Takeo Rivera
Model Minority Masochism – Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity

While many Asian Americanist scholars and activists aim to disprove the model minority as myth, Rivera argues that Asian Americans have formulated their racial and gendered subjectivities in relation to what he terms “model minority masochism” 

Robert Chodat
Wittgenstein and Literary Studies

Wittgenstein’s work provides a rare bridge between professional philosophy and literary studies, offering us a way out of entrenched positions and their denials-what Wittgenstein himself called ‘pictures’ ‘that held us captive.’

William H. Howell
American Literature in Transition, 1770–1828

This volume presents a complex portrait of the United States of America grappling with the trials of national adolescence. Topics include (but are not limited to): the dynamics of language and power, the treachery of memory, and the lived experience of racial and economic inequality

Joseph Rezek
The Broadview Anthology of American Literature

The Broadview Anthology of American Literature represents a substantial reconceiving of the canon of American literature. Featuring a strong foundation in current scholarship, including particular attention to issues of race, gender, class, and sexual orientation.