Contact: jat9@hawaii.edu
My research and teaching interests are African American literature, African American visual culture, literature of the Black diaspora, African literature with a focus on migration, and critical theory. I have published on a range of material and authors ranging from a book chapter on lynching photography, Richard Wright in The New Centennial Review, Ralph Ellison in Intertext: A Journal of Theoretical Reflection, Frederick Douglass in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, HBO's The Wire in Studies in Popular Culture, memorials and political violence in Transforming Anthropology, and interviews with historically significant figures across multiple venues such as Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men & JSR. I have recently published articles on migration literature in Research in African Literature, and also articles in Utopian Studies, & JSR. I am currently finalizing a book on African migration literature, and have begun working on a book centered on African American Modernism and labor.
Areas of Interest
African American literature, African American visual culture, literature of the Black diaspora, and critical theory
Courses
Fall Semester 2023
- ENG-337: American Literature Mid-19th to Mid-20th Century
- ENG-373: African American Literature
Summer Semester 2023
- ENG-320: Intro to English Studies
Spring Semester 2023
- ENG-338: American Literature Since Mid-20th Century
- ENG-735F: African American Literature & Theory: African American Modernism
Fall Semester 2022
- ENG-320: Introduction to English Studies
- ENG-337: American Literature Mid-19th to Mid20th Century
Spring Semester 2022
- ENG-336: American Literature to Mid-19th Century
- ENG-440: Single Author: James Baldwin