Charles Baraw

Charles Baraw is a Professor of American Literature at Southern Connecticut State University, specializing in texts ranging from early captivity narratives to contemporary experimental works. He teaches core courses like ENG 307 and ENG 308, alongside specialized offerings including Graphic Narrative: Word, Image, Page and Experimental American Literature: Afterlives of the Archive.

• Led the "Internships, Fellowships, and Airships" initiative for English Department experiential learning
• Organizer of the Transformative Careers in the Public Humanities Roundtable connecting students with New Haven arts/humanities leaders

Research Focus: Explores intersections of genre theory, literary tourism, and visual-textual analysis. His publications examine topics like:

• African American adaptations of Victorian literature
• Animal representation in comics pedagogy
• Hawthorne's transatlantic authorial identity
• Experimental archive-based American writing

Awards:

• 2019 SCSU Board of Regents Teaching Award
• 2018 J. Philip Smith Outstanding Teacher Award