Dr. Keegan Cook Finberg

Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track

Department of English Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Language, Literacy and Culture

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Keegan Cook Finberg [she/her/hers], Assistant Professor of English, specializes in poetry and modern and contemporary literature of the United States, particularly experimental and avant-garde works. She researches across several disciplines including poetry and poetics, critical theory, feminist studies, modern and contemporary art, media, and performance.

Research interests

Post-1945 Experimental Literature; Avant-garde Poetry; Modernism; Modern and Contemporary Art and Performance; Feminist Studies; Critical Theory

Teaching interests

American Literature; Feminist Studies; Contemporary Literature; Poetry; Literary and Critical Theory

Education

  • Ph D, Literature — University of California, Santa Cruz (2015)
    From 'Avant-Garde' to 'Experimental': Reading Poetry After the 1960s
  • MA, Literature — University of California, Santa Cruz (2012)
  • BA — Sarah Lawrence College (2006)

Courses Taught

  • Seminar In Lit & Culture ENGL 648 · Spring 2024
  • Seminar In Lit & Culture ENGL 448 · Spring 2024
  • Lit Methodologies Research ENGL 302 · Spring 2024
  • Am Lit After Civil War ENGL 308 · Fall 2020
  • Analysis Literary Lang ENGL 301 · Fall 2020
  • Persp On Women In Lit ENGL 364 · Spring 2020