Justin Mellette

Justin Mellette is an Associate Teaching Professor in English at Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH). He holds a PhD in English from Penn State University. His research focuses on African American and American literature, music, comics/graphic novels, and business/professional writing, with a particular emphasis on racial anxiety in Southern literature and cultural studies.

Dr. Mellette teaches courses such as First-Year Writing and Advanced Writing in the Business Professions. His monograph Peculiar Whiteness: Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern Literature, 1900-1965 (2021) explores intersections of race, class, and literature. His publications span topics like Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy, CLR James' analysis of sport, and the aesthetics of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman.

Contact: t.mellette@northeastern.edu, Holmes Hall 443, Boston, MA 02115.