Cedric R. Tolliver

Cedric R. Tolliver is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Oklahoma. He was a National Humanities Center Fellow from 2022-2023 and holds a Ph.D. in English (not explicitly stated but inferred from academic rank and publications). His research focuses on African American literature, Cold War cultural politics, and the African diaspora's literary networks. His notable work includes the award-winning book Of Vagabonds and Fellow Travelers: African Diaspora Literary Culture and the Cultural Cold War (2019), which examines transnational intellectual exchanges during the Cold War.

Research interests emphasize intersections of race, politics, and literature, particularly analyzing how Cold War geopolitics shaped African diasporic cultural production. His scholarship appears in venues like Arizona Quarterly and Journal of Postcolonial Writing. He co-edited a special issue on 'Alternative Solidarities: Black Diasporas and Cultural Alliances During the Cold War' (2014).

Key Achievements:

• CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (2020)
• National Humanities Center Fellow (2022-2023)

His recent work explores Black radicalism and Third World internationalism in contemporary literature, as seen in his 2024 analysis of Lauren Wilkinson’s American Spy. Grants and institutional affiliations include the University of Oklahoma’s Department of English.