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English Department Chair, Professor
Kenneth Curry Chair of Literature

Dr. Russell's field is American literature with an emphasis in 20th and 21st century fiction, the multiethnic novel, and medical humanities. She is the author of Transplant Fictions: A Cultural Study of Organ Exchange (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) and Reading Embodied Citizenship: Disability, Narrative, and the Body Politic (Rutgers University Press, 2011).

Education

BA, Cornell University
MA, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles


News & Features

A grid of students participating in field studies and alternative spring breaks.

April 28, 2023

Around the World in 8 Days

With passion and purpose, Tars set out this past spring break to explore real-world issues and grow as global citizens.

Around the World in 8 Days
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April 29, 2020

Topical Teaching

Eight faculty have teamed up to create a course, Understanding COVID-19, in which students are learning in real time about the pandemic across multiple disciplines.

Topical Teaching
A student creating blog content for Barnie’s CoffeeKitchen on-site at the company’s Park Avenue location.

December 14, 2017

Blogs & Brews

A rare opportunity for first-year students to work with a real-world client delivers big gains on both sides.

Blogs & Brews