Biography
Dr. William Henry Pruitt III, Ph.D. is a scholar of twentieth and twenty-first century U.S. literature, culture, and politics. He researches the production of knowledge about the U.S. nation-state, especially its liberal...
Education (3)
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 (5)
Twentieth and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature
Black Radicalism
Black Intellectual History
Black Performance Studies
Black Queer Studies
Affiliations (3)
- Modern Language Association : Member, 2021 - Present
- American Studies Association : Member, 2017 - Present
- Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, 2023 - Present
Articles (1)
"From The Furious Passage (1966) to Living in Fire (2019): A Review of Biographies about James Baldwin"
James Baldwin ReviewWilliam Pruitt
2023