Katrina Newsom
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy
310-D Elliot
615-963-2540
knewso12@tnstate.edu
Education
Ph.D., Wayne State University
MA, Wayne State University
BA, Marygrove College
BIO
Dr. Katrina P. Newsom was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She earned her Ph.D. at Wayne State University in 2018. Her research focuses on African American literature and culture, post 1945 American literature, Ethnic literatures, and work and labor studies to explore questions about work and race in the United States. Dr. Newsom teaches literature and composition courses. Her pedagogical goal is to create an inclusive learning environment, where students of diverse backgrounds can develop critical and analytical skills while also maintaining and developing a sense of themselves. Presently, she is working on two articles: 鈥淭he Politics of Responsibility in Ralph Ellison鈥檚 Invisible Man鈥� and 鈥淪elf-Determination and Agency, or the Answer to the American Dream Deferred: Reading Detroit鈥檚 2008 Housing Crisis in Angela Flournoy鈥檚 The Turner House.鈥�
Selected Scholarly Presentations
Upcoming: 鈥淲e Don鈥檛 Bother with Borders Anymore鈥�: Reading Race, Sex, and Class听in N.K. Jemisin鈥檚 Emergency Skin.鈥� MELUS 2021 Virtual Conference.
听鈥淩eading Deindustrialization and the African American Experience in听Angela Flournoy鈥檚 The Turner House.鈥� 33rd Annual Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Conference. Cincinnati, Ohio.听 听 听 听 听 听
鈥淒ystopian Transformations and the Near Workless World Imaginary in Octavia听Butler鈥檚 The Parable of the Sower.鈥� 32nd Annual Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
听鈥淭he Refuge of Responsibility and the Politics of Recognition in Ralph Ellison鈥檚 Invisible Man.鈥� 31st Annual Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Conference. Boston, Massachusetts.
听鈥淲ork and Responsibility: Reading Race and Gender Performance in Junot D铆az鈥檚 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.鈥澨� 30th Annual Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Conference. Charleston, South Carolina.
听鈥淭he End of Work: Apocalyptic Imaginings in the Age of Work Crisis.鈥澨� 34th Annual Southwest /Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico.听 听听
鈥淭he End of Work: Apocalyptic Imaginings in the Age of Work Crisis.鈥� Wayne State University Humanities Center鈥檚 Fall Symposium: Apocalyptic Imagination. Detroit, Michigan.
List of Classes Taught at TSU
ENGL 1010 - Freshman Composition Freshman English
ENGL 2013 - Black Arts and Literature