Charles Russell
Contributing Editor
Charles Russell is Associate Professor of the Rutgers-Newark English Department and Director of the Graduate Program in American Studies and Associate Director of the Rutgers Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University, Newark campus. He received his AB degree from Wesleyan University and PhD from Cornell University. Dr. Russell has served in a number of teaching and administrative positions, to include: Fullbright Lecturer at Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany; Acting Chair of the Department of Education and Academic Foundations, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Assistant Provost for Research and Program Development, Associate Dean for Research and Development, and Director of Grants & Foundation Services at Rutgers-Newark.
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Selected Bibliography:
“Explorations of Postmodern Time, Space, and Image: Considering the Works of Ronald Sukenick and David Salle,” Musing the Mosaic, Ed. Matthew Roberson (Albany: SUNY Press, 2003): 115-137
“Explorations of Postmodern Time, Space, and Image,” Literary Texts and the Arts: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Ed. Corrado Federici and Esther Raventos, NY: Peter Lang, 2003: 29-41
“Thornton Dial: Vernacular Art and the ‘New’ South,” Raw Vision, 43 (Summer, 2003): 20-27
“Simply Art,” Raw Vision, 38 (Spring, 2002): 36-41
Self Taught Art: The Culture and Aesthetics of American Vernacular Art (Jackson: UP of MS, 2001)
“Finding a Place for the Self-Taught in the Art World(s)” in Self Taught Art: The Culture and Aesthetics of American Vernacular Art, Ed. Charles Russell (Jackson: UP of MS, 2001)
