
Judith Jackson Fossett
An expert on African American literature and culture, and the history of slavery
Associate Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity
Director, Program in African-American Studies
Contact at: (213) 740-2822 or fossett@usc.edu
Expertise:
- African American studies (specifically
literature and culture)
- American literature and culture (19th
and 20th centuries)
- history of slavery in the Americas
- literature and culture of the American South
- Co-editor of Race Consciousness: African-American Studies for the
New Century (1997)
- Author of Illuminated Darkness: Slavery and Its Shadows in Nineteenth Century America (2004)
More:
Biographical information can be found at:
http://college.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003259&CFID=11888755&CFTOKEN=28675507
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