Biographical Profile
Interest Background
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Keyser, Catherine
Professor
I write about food and ingestive imaginaries in modern U.S. literature and culture, particularly the relationship between race and the body in these narratives. I also publish on U.S. women writers and periodical studies.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- English
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- None
- Interest Keywords
- food, race, gender, periodicals, modernism, women writers
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
- Personal Focus Areas
- Modern U.S. literature, Gender and race, Food studies
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts | PhD | |
| 2001 | Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | BA |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Assistant Professor of English Language & Literature, University of South Carolina | |
| 2012 | Associate professor | University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Award | Jacob K. Javits Fellowship | |
| 2001 | Award | Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies (honorary) | |
| 2003 | Award | Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching | Harvard University |
| 2005 | Award | Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching | Harvard University |
| 2006 | Award | Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Grant, Harvard University | |
| 2006 | Award | Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching | Harvard University |
| 2008 | Award | Northeast Modern Languages Association (NEMLA) Women's Caucus Essay Prize for "Keeping Ironic Company: Mary McCarthy and the Smart Woman in Politics," 2008 | |
| 2011 | Award | Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Awards | University of South Carolina |
| 2013 | Fellowship | Peter and Bonnie McCausland Fellowship | |
| 2016 | Fellowship | Morrison Fellowship, English Department |
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