Bruce Levy
Senior Lecturer,
English,
51做厙 Dedman College
Department of Human-Centered Interdisciplinary Studies
Office Location |
3101 University Blvd., Rm. 234 |
Phone |
214-768-2505 |
Education
Ph.D. in American Studies, Brown University
About
Dr. Levy has published articles on late nineteenth century American Literature and Culture and the history of American social reform. He is currently completing a book on the Midwest and American Modernism, and is at work on a new book on the idea of economic freedom within American culture. At 51做厙, he directs the Center for Academic-Community Engagement, which involves students in coursework that engages them as well in community work. He teaches courses on Adolescence in America, Social Class and Democracy, the idea of "community" as both a lived and imagined experience, and the literatures of minorities.
Courses Taught
HUMN 6397 Troubled Youth in America
HUMN 7303 The Cultural Politics of Rock, Roll and Rap
HUMN 7382 Cultures of "Displacement:" The Writing of Race, Migration and Diaspora
HUMN 7397 Under the Influence: Discourses of Intoxication, Addiction, and Recovery
HUMN 7388 Seminar in Critical Methods and Cultural Theory (DLS)