- Ph.D. Brandeis University, 2010
BIO
Sean A. Witters is a Senior Lecturer and recipient of the Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching. He teaches courses on American Literature, Critical Theory, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Film & Television Studies, Addiction Studies, and Dystopian Fiction. He received his BA from the University of Vermont and received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He has published on writers and theorist including, Aldous Huxley, Michel Foucault, George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Henry James, and J.D. Salinger. He is presently writing a book-length study of the emergence and evolution of “the Addict” in literature, cinema, medicine, law, and culture.
Courses
- Modern American Novel
- Contemporary American Novel
- Dystopian Narrative & Modernity
- Critical Approaches to Literature
- Race and Ethnic Literary Studies
- Addicts & Contemporary Culture
Publications
Sean Witters Publications (DOCX)
Awards and Achievements
- 2014 UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award
- 1999-2000 Fredrick M. Corse Fellowship for Post-Graduate studies in Literature
Area(s) of expertise
Modernism, Postmodernism, American literature, critical theory, film & television studies, critical race and ethnic studies, dystopian fiction, addiction studies.
Bio
Sean A. Witters is a Senior Lecturer and recipient of the Kroepsch-Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching. He teaches courses on American Literature, Critical Theory, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Film & Television Studies, Addiction Studies, and Dystopian Fiction. He received his BA from the University of Vermont and received his Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He has published on writers and theorist including, Aldous Huxley, Michel Foucault, George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Henry James, and J.D. Salinger. He is presently writing a book-length study of the emergence and evolution of “the Addict” in literature, cinema, medicine, law, and culture.
Courses
- Modern American Novel
- Contemporary American Novel
- Dystopian Narrative & Modernity
- Critical Approaches to Literature
- Race and Ethnic Literary Studies
- Addicts & Contemporary Culture
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- 2014 UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award
- 1999-2000 Fredrick M. Corse Fellowship for Post-Graduate studies in Literature
Areas of Expertise
Modernism, Postmodernism, American literature, critical theory, film & television studies, critical race and ethnic studies, dystopian fiction, addiction studies.