Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature
and Culture
skh5@ku.edu
Department of English
3116 Wescoe Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
Telephone: 785-864-2639
Fax: 785-864-1159
Research Specialty
I am a specialist in American Literature and Culture, with special expertise
in the 19th century. Subspecialties: American women writers; Mark Twain.
Academic Department
English
Awards
- NEH Fellowship, 1992-93
- Henry Nash Smith Award (for scholars in Mark Twain Studies), 2005
- Mabel S. Frye Award (for graduate teaching at KU), 2006
Professional Memberships
Degrees
- B.A., 1968, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio (Sociology)
- M.A., 1972, Stanford University, (Communications)
- M.A., 1975, Cornell University (American Literature)
- Ph.D., 1977, Cornell University (American Literature)
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