Faculty/Staff Information
Ryan Topper
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor, English Studies Department
503-838-9437 | topperr@wou.edu
BELL 323
At WOU since
09/16/2019Office Hours
| Mon | Tues | Weds | Thurs | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-11; 2-3 | 10-11; 2-3 |
Course schedule
Winter 2023| CRN | Course | Title | Times | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21217 | LIT381 | AFRICAN LITERATURE | T 1730-1920 | VICK 129 |
| 21215 | LIT110 | CRIT THEMES: HUMANS & NONHUMNS | - | ONLINE CRS |
| 21217 | LIT381 | AFRICAN LITERATURE | - | HYBRD* CRS |
| 20633 | LIT101 | TOPICS:EVERYTHING IS SPIRITUAL | - | ONLINE CRS |
Education
Ph.D., University of Leeds
Teaching focus
My teaching at WOU has focused on postcolonial literature, African literature, British literature, cultural trauma and memory studies, literary criticism and theory, and topical courses such as "Minority Voices," "The Human & the Nonhuman," and "Everything is Spiritual."
Research areas
I specialize in global Anglophone literature and postcolonial studies, with an emphasis on 20th-21st century African literature. My research focuses on trauma and memory studies, postcolonial theory and poetics, global modernism, indigenous knowledge systems, and religion and the postsecular.
My articles appear in English Language Notes, Research in African Liteartures, Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings, the Routledge Companion to Literature and Trauma, and elsewhere.
For more information, visit my website: www.ryantopper.com
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