Profiles in "American Literature" Expertise Area

  • Joe Lockard is associate professor of English, specializing in 19th-century American literature, prison literature, and translation economies.
  • Adamson is President's Professor of environmental humanities in the Department of English. She is Director of Humanities for the Environment, North America & the BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU's Global Futures Laboratory.
  • Holbo studies American literature from the age of sentiment to the modernist era.
  • Kirsch researches on Gertrude Stein, poetics and rhetoric and teaches courses in rhetorical and literary theory, American literature, and women’s writing.
  • Bebout works in Latina/o/x studies, critical whiteness studies, and American studies. He authored of three books and numerous chapters and articles. Bebout is working on a book on exploring the role of public intellectuals.
  • Courtney Isbell Fowler is an instructor for ASU Writing Programs where she teaches a variety of courses including First-Year Composition, Multilingual Composition, and Reflective Writing.
  • Hanlon researches and teaches courses in 19th century transatlantic and U.S. literature.