William Henry Pruitt III
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Education
Harvard University
Ph.D., African and African American Studies
2022
Columbia University
M.A., Comparative Literature
2014
Amherst College
B.A., Black Studies and Political Science,
2007
Areas of Expertise
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. LiteratureBlack RadicalismBlack Intellectual HistoryBlack Performance StudiesBlack Queer Studies
Affiliations
- Modern Language Association : Member, 2021 - Present
- American Studies Association : Member, 2017 - Present
Articles
The Pro-Black Uses of Black Caricature: A Review of The Content of Our Caricature: African American Art and Political Belonging by Rebecca Wanzo
American Quarterly
Under Review
“Daguerreotype Reflection” included in Robin Bernstein’s article, “Teaching, Feeling,” To Make Their Way in the World: The Zealy Daguerreotypes at the Peabody Museum
Harvard University Press
2022
Going There: Black Visual Satire by Richard Powell
American Quarterly
2020