William Henry Pruitt III

Assistant Professor of African American Studies

  • Los Angeles CA UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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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. Literature
Black Radicalism
Black Intellectual History
Black Performance Studies
Black 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

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