Title: Assistant Professor

Department: English

Office: 422 Benson Hall
Phone: 615-322-2296
Fax: 615-343-8028
Email: shawn.salvant@vanderbilt.edu

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
• B.A. Duke University

Research Area

• African American Literature
• Literature and Science
• American Literature and Racial Science

Current Courses

• English 263G -- 19th Century African American Literature
• English 115F -- African American Literature on Film

Professional Societies

• American Studies Association (ASA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS)