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Brian K. Goodman is an Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University, specializing in Cold War literary history and its aftermath. He holds affiliations with the Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, & East European Studies, the Center for Jewish Studies, and the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict. His research examines how dissenting writers influenced concepts of human rights and free expression across geopolitical divides.
Education: Ph.D. in American Studies (Harvard University, 2016); M.St. in English (University of Oxford, 2007); B.A. in American Studies (Stanford University, 2006).
Research interests include transnational intellectual networks, Cold War-era literature, Jewish-American writing, and the intersection of literature with human rights discourse. His acclaimed monograph The Nonconformists (Harvard UP, 2023) bridges American and Czech literary histories, earning prestigious awards.
Teaching focuses on US literature post-1860, American Jewish writers, and Cold War cultural studies. Courses include interdisciplinary offerings on race/ethnicity in literature and contemporary American literary studies.
Upcoming: 2026 Budapest Open Society Fellowship at the Central European University's Institute for Advanced Study.
