Linda Furgerson Selzer Ph.D.

Areas of Specialization

African American Literature and Language

Contemporary African American literature, neo slave narrative, philosophical fiction

American Literature Before 1900

American Literature After 1900

19th century literature, contemporary literature

Contemporary Literature

Narrative experimentation,race, and ethnicity. Literature and the digital age.

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Critical race theory, theories of cosmopolitanism, intertextuality

Visual Culture

Political cartoons and artists’ representations of race