Kimberly DeFazio
B.A., Syracuse University
M.A., SUNY-Binghamton
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Courses Taught
LIT 220: American Literature I
LIT 221: American Literature II
LIT 391: Cultural Studies in the Digital Age
LIT 392: The Urban Seen
LIT 394: Culture and the Global Imaginary
Scholarly Interests
Literary and cultural theory, the city, class, transatlantic romanticism, globalization.
Selected Publications
"The Aesthetics of Empire: Affect and the Universality of Consumption" (forthcoming)
"(Post)Humanism, Romanticism and the City" (forthcoming)
"The Pedagogical Imaginary of Dickens' Hard Times: Class Lessons of Fact, Fancy and Critique" (forthcoming)
"Transnational Urbanism and the Creative Class." Translated into Swedish in Fronesis 24 (June 2007)
"IKEA and Democracy as Furniture." Nature, Society and Thought 17.2 (2004)
Recent Presentations
"The (Dis)Continuous City, Identity and the Role of Cultural Critique." The Women's and Gender Studies Lecture Series. State University of New York at Potsdam, December 8, 2009.
"Crash, Class, and the Post-American City of Contingency." New England American Studies Association Annual Meeting: The Post-American City. Lowell, MA, October 16-18, 2009.
"The Aesthetics of Empire: Affect and the Universality of Consumption." Confronting Universalities: Aesthetic and Politics under the Sign of Globalization Conference. Aarhus University, Denmark. September 2008.
"The Global City and the End(s) of Knowledge." The Liberal Arts Colloquium Series. Clarkson University February 2008.
"Bartleby' and the City of Immaterial Labor." Special Session Chair. Modern Language Association Conference. Chicago. December 2007.
"Reading is the Other Name of Class." Modern Language Association Conference. Washington, D.C. Decembe 27-30, 2005.
