Claire Grossman

Claire Grossman is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at Occidental College. Her research and teaching focus on multiethnic US literature, Asian American literature, critical race and ethnic studies, and intersections with political economy.

• Education:
  • B.A., Wellesley College
  • M.A., Mills College
  • Ph.D., Stanford University

Her research explores how post-1965 US literary and policy narratives employ suspense to represent racially ordered and insecure labor conditions. She teaches courses including ENGL 265: White Women, ENGL 289: The American Experience in Literature, and ENGL 362: American Orientalism.