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Milo Obourn, Ph.D
- Professor and Chair (Women & Gender Studies), Professor (English), Committee Member (President’s Council on Diversity & Inclusion)
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(585) 395-2034
mobourn@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 118
Education
- Ph.D. Department of English, New York University, 2006
Dissertation: “Critical Distances: Liberal Multiculturalism, U.S. Citizenship, and Contemporary American Literature,” Director: Phillip Brian Harper - M.A. Department of English, New York University, 2000
- B.A. English Literature & French Language and Literature, Tufts University, summa cum laude, 1998
Courses Taught
SUNY BROCKPORT
- Queer Theory, Disability Theory, and Contemporary American Literature (graduate seminar)
- Asian American Literature (graduate seminar)
- American Literature 1920-1950: Lead-up to Civil Rights (graduate seminar)
- Critical Approaches to Literature (senior capstone & MA “swing” course)
- American Literature after 1950 (senior & MA “swing” course)
- Race, Sex, Gender and the Public Sphere (senior seminar)
- African American Women Writers (cross-listed with Women’s Studies)
- American Women Writers: Women with Weapons (cross-listed with Women’s Studies)
- Sex and Gender in Literary Theory (cross-listed with Women’s Studies)
- Disability Studies and American Literature: Honors College Contemporary Issues
- American Literature II Survey: 1865-present
- College Composition
SUNY PURCHASE
- The Search For Equity: Race, Class, and Gender in America Since 1945
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, GALLATIN SCHOOL FOR INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY
- Multiculturalism in American Political Thought and Literature Freshman Writing Seminar: Self-Representation in Writing
PACE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
- Women’s Bodies: Violence and Resistance (Freshman Writing component to a Learning Community, interdisciplinary pairing with Introduction to Women’s Studies)
- Women in Literature (cross-listed with Women’s Studies) Introduction to Women’s Studies Through Civic Engagement (Women’s Studies)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
- Representations of Women
- Literary Interpretation (English major gateway course)
- Writing New York, Teaching Assistant
- American Literature I Survey: beginnings-1865, Teaching Assistant
Research Interests
- Contemporary American Literature
- Cultural Citizenship
- Gender and Sexuality
- Critical Race Theory
Academic Positions
- State University of New York, Brockport, Professor of English, English Department (2007-present)
- State University of New York, Purchase College, Adjunct Profesor, School of Liberal Studies and Continuing Education (2007)
- New York University, Adjunct Professor, Gallatin School for Individualized Study (2006-2007)
- Pace University, Adjunct Professor, Department of Women’s Studies and Department of English (2006-2007)
- New York University, Instructor, Department of English (2004-2005)
- New York University, Teaching Assistant, Department of English (2001-2003)