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Amy K. Levin

Professor, English
Department Chair

Chair of the Department, Women's Studies and women's literature, Museum Studies, Victorian literature, African-American literature

Office: RH 103
Phone: 753-1038
Email: alevin@niu.edu
Home Page: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415554923/

Educational Background


Ph.D. English, City University of New York, Graduate Center; 1989

M.A. English/Creative Writing, University of Colorado, Boulder; 1982

B.A. English/Comparative Literature, Harvard University; 1978

Professional Interests


Literature and medicine, diversity in museums, contemporary U.S. minority women writers
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Selected Publications

  • With Phoebe Stein Davis. "'Good Readers Make Good Doctors': Community Readings and the Health of the Community." PMLA 125.2(2010): 426-36.
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Museums: A Routledge Reader. Editor and contributor. Oxford: Routledge, 2010.
    http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415554923/
  • Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities. Editor and contributor. New York: Alta Mira Press, 2007.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2013ENGL 700.P001 (details)
M / 2:00 - 4:40 / RH202
Spring 2013ENGL 382.1 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH 301