K.S. Roberts, PhD

Academic Employment
University of Groningen
Assistant Professor, Program in American Studies, 2018-
Harvard University
Lecturer, Department of English, 2017
Head Teaching Fellow, Arts & Humanities, 2016-2017
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D., English, 2016
M.A., English, 2011
Duke University
B.A., English, Summa cum laude, 2007
Teaching and Research Specialties
Modern American Literature and Culture; History of Cultural Institutions; Creative Work Studies; Aesthetics and Politics in Contemporary U.S. Literature and Media
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellow, 2019-2020
- Francis James Child Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Harvard 2013)
- Dexter Fellowships for Dissertation Research (2012 & 2014)
Recent Publications
“The McGurl Era? American Culture and Peak College” in Culture²: Theorizing Theory for the Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1, edited by Frank Kelleter and Alexander Starre, Transcript, forthcoming 2021.
“Our Town, the MacDowell Colony, and the Art of Civic Mediation.” American Literary History, vol. 31, no. 3, 2019, pp. 395–418.
“Outside Joke: Humorlessness and Masculinity in Richard Wright,” in The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright, edited by Glenda R. Carpio. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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