William Henry Pruitt III
Assistant Professor of African American Studies | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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 (2)
- Modern Language Association : Member, 2021 - Present
- American Studies Association : Member, 2017 - Present
Articles (3)
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 QuarterlyUnder 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 Press2022
Going There: Black Visual Satire by Richard Powell
American Quarterly2020
