English Department

Faculty profile

Jeffrey Weinstock

Professor of English and Graduate Program Coordinator
Anspach 205
Phone: (989) 774-3101
Office Hours: M 1:30-2:30, T 2-3
Vitae

Courses:

• “Advanced Composition”
• “African-American Literature”
• “American Ghost Story”
• “American Gothic”
• “American Literature: Colonial to Early Federalist Period”
• “American Literature survey, pt. I: Colonial period to the Civil War”
• “American Novel”
• “American Realism”
• “American Romanticism”
• “Female Gothic”
• “Graduate Independent Study in Post-Structuralist Literary Theory”
• “Graduate Seminar in American Realism”
• “Graduate Seminar in American Romanticism”
• “Graduate Seminar in American Magical Realism”
• “Graduate Seminar in ‘Critical Problems’—“Ghosts, in Theory”
• “Introduction to Literary Analysis”
• “Introduction to Popular Culture”
• “Introduction to Short Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Novel”
• “Vampires in Film and Literature”

Areas of Expertise:

• American Literature: colonial, nineteenth-century Romanticism and Realism, twentieth-century Modernism and Post-Modernism, nineteenth- and twentieth-century poetry, Women’s literature, Native American literature, African American literature
• Literary and Critical Theory
• Cultural Studies and Approaches to Popular Culture
• Literature of the Fantastic and Speculative fiction: ghost stories, science fiction, “Magical Realism,” the Gothic, horror and fantasy fiction

Degrees and Universities:

• The George Washington University - Ph.D., Program in the Human Sciences (1999)
• The George Washington University - M.Phil., Program in the Human Sciences (1996)
• The George Washington University - M.A. in American Literature (1995)
• The University of Pennsylvania - Degree: B.A. in English (1992)

Honors and Recognitions:

• 2009 - CMU Alternative Assignment receipient
• 2008 - CMU senior faculty nominee for NEH Summer Stipend award
• 2007-2008 - Winner College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences 2007-2008 Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2006 - Winner: Provost’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Endeavor.
• 2006 - CMU’s junior scholar nominee for the NEH Summer Stipend competition.
• 2005 - CMU’s junior scholar nominee for the NEH Summer Stipend competition.
• 2004 - Professional Development Grant for Scholarly and Creative Activity, CMU

Professional Organizations:

• American Literature Association
• American Studies Association
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society
• Edith Wharton Society
• International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
• International Gothic Association
• Midwest Modern Language Association
• Modern Language Association
• Poe Studies Association