Eden K. Osucha

Eden K. Osucha is an Associate Professor of English at Bates College, specializing in 19th- and 20th-century American literature, African American studies, legal studies, and critical race theory. Her research examines intersections of race, privacy, and identity through law, literature, and media. She co-curated public humanities projects like Violence and Belonging: The 14th Amendment and American Literature and Site Seeing: 9/11 Through Documentary Shorts. Awards include the Mrs. Giles Whiting Fellowship and Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship.

Her book manuscript, The Post-Racial Past: Race, Privacy and Identity Before the Obama Era, traces legal privacy’s racialized origins. She teaches courses on 9/11 literature, early American lit, and queer studies. As co-curator of the Literary Arts Live series, she brings prominent writers to campus including Colson Whitehead and Dinaw Mengestu.

• Key Affiliations: Programs in American Cultural Studies, African American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Public Engagement: Maine Humanities Council collaborations, SPACE Gallery curation
• Recent Work: Explores 14th Amendment legacies, post-racial ideology, and surveillance studies

Award-winning poet and creative writing advocate, Prof. Osucha’s interdisciplinary approach bridges literature, law, and visual culture. Her research highlights how racialized privacy frameworks shape contemporary discourses on race and identity.