Karin Wimbley

Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Contact 309-341-7840 kdwimbley@knox.edu

Years at Knox: 2012 to present

Education
Ph.D., English Language and Literature, 2012, University of Chicago.
M.A., English Language and Literature, 2005, University of Chicago.
B.A., Theatre, 1998, Hamilton College.

Teaching Interests
African American literature, drama, and film; visual and performance culture; gender.

Selected Professional Accomplishments

Honors/Grants
Trustees Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2001-2006.
Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, 2005.
Marcia Tillotson Travel Grant, 2004.
University of Chicago Humanities Division Travel and Research Grant, 2004.

Publications
"'Waking the Dead': Stereotypy and Racial Consciousness in Spike Lee's Bamboozled" in A Companion to African American Cinema, ed. Mark A. Reid. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2015.

Presentations
"Jim Crow Aesthetics and Its Legacy." Presented at Jim Crow America: A Problem in Historicization Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, April 2012.