Susan K. Harris

Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture

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skh5@ku.edu

Department of English
3116 Wescoe Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045

Telephone: 785-864-2639
Fax: 785-864-1159

Research Specialty

I am a specialist in American Literature and Culture, with special expertise in the 19th century. Subspecialties: American women writers; Mark Twain.

Academic Department

English

Awards

  • NEH Fellowship, 1992-93
  • Henry Nash Smith Award (for scholars in Mark Twain Studies), 2005
  • Mabel S. Frye Award (for graduate teaching at KU), 2006

Professional Memberships

  • MLA
  • ASA
  • ALA

Degrees

  • B.A., 1968, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio (Sociology)
  • M.A., 1972, Stanford University, (Communications)
  • M.A., 1975, Cornell University (American Literature)
  • Ph.D., 1977, Cornell University (American Literature)

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