Deborah Thurman

Deborah Thurman serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Marshall University, specializing in American literature and culture after 1945 since joining the faculty in 2022. She maintains cross-disciplinary affiliations with the Herd Humanities program and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in English from Washington University in St. Louis (2021)
• MA in English from Washington University in St. Louis (2016)
• BA from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2014)

Professor Thurman's research examines contemporary narratives of labor, precarity, and institutional life through critical lenses of race, gender, and class. Her current book project analyzes twenty-first century office fiction as social commentary, intersecting with her teaching in contemporary literature, African American literature, and women's literature. This work bridges literary analysis with institutional critique and labor studies.

Her scholarly contributions appear in leading journals including American Quarterly, Arizona Quarterly, and Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S., demonstrating rigorous engagement with multiethnic literary traditions and theoretical frameworks.