Chris Kamerbeek

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• B.A.: English, Fordham University.
• M.A.: English, Boston College.
• Ph.D.: English, University of Minnesota.

Specialties

• 19th and 20th Century American Literature
• Popular Culture, Music, and Film
• Science & Technology and Literature

Courses Taught

• EngL 1001: Introduction to Literature: Poetry, Drama, Narrative
• EngL 1001: Introduction to Literature for Non-Native Speakers
• EngL 1501: Literature of Public Life
• EngL 1701: Modern Fiction
• EngL 3001: Textual Analysis
• EngL 3005: Historical Survey of American Literatures and Cultures I
• EngL 3006: Historical Survey of American Literatures and Cultures II
• EngL 3027: The Essay
• EngL 3061: Revolutions Per Minute: Punk Rock & Hip-Hop
• EngL 3090: Banned Books
• EngL 3090: Progress and Madness: Literature, Science, and Technology
• EngL 3090: Bodies & Machines: Science and Technology in Literature and Film

Publications

• "Abysmal Brutes: Jack London and Jack Johnson," Letterature D'America, 2016.
• “Panic at the Pan 1901: Anarchy, Electricity and Early Cinema.”Meet Me at the Fair: A World’s Fair Reader. Eds. Laura Hollengreen, Celia Pearce, Rebecca Rouse & Bobby Schweizer. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon / ETC Press, 2014.
• “Appearing Acts: Celebrity, Biography, and Henry James’s Ghosts of the 1890s.”M/MLA Journal (peer-reviewed), Special Issue: Fame/Infamy, 42.2 (2009): 43-68.
• “Parks and Wreck: Anxiety and Amusement at Turn-of-the-Century Coney Island.”Popular Culture Review (peer-reviewed), 18.2 (2007): 49-54.

Awards

• Ruth Christie Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Minnesota English Department, 2016
• Samuel Holt Monk Prize for Best Published Scholarship, 2010