Emily Russell

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

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.

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.

December 14, 2017
Blogs & Brews
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