Bonnie TuSmith

Associate Professor, Ph.D. Washington State University

• Research areas and interests: ethnic American literature (African-American, Asian-American, Native American, Latino/a), comparative American studies, women's studies, critical race theory, multicultural literary theory and pedagogy
• Selected publications: All My Relatives: Community in Contemporary Ethnic American Literatures; Colorizing Literary Theory (Modern Language Studies 26.4, 1996; Conversations with John Edgar Wideman (UP of Mississippi, 1998); American Family Album: 28 Contemporary Ethnic Stories (Heinle Thomson, 2000/2004); Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics (Rutgers UP, 2002); Pedagogy, Praxis, Politics, and Multiethnic Literatures (MELUS 30.2, guest co-editor); Critical Essays on John Edgar Wideman (U of Tennessee P, 2006); articles on multicultural pedagogy, ethnic literature, and American culture; current book project with working title, "Beyond Binaries: Color Symbolism in Literature and Culture"
• Recent Awards: Myers Outstanding Book Award; Critics’ Choice Award from American Educational Studies Association (both awards for Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics)
• Professional service: past-president of MELUS (society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States)