African American and African Diaspora Literature
Affiliated Faculty
Full-time Faculty
C Riley Snorton
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and ISSG
Research Interests
Affiliated Graduate Students
Alec Joyner
PhD Student
Research Interests
19th and 20th Century American Literature, the Novel, Modernism, Affect Theory, Feminist Theory, African American and African Diaspora Literature, Humor, Comedy, and Laughter, Francophone LiteratureDissertation / Thesis Title
"Going to Pieces: The Laughter of the Other in US Novels of the 1930s"