Janet Neary
دانشیار · 19th & 20th Century African American Literature
Hunter College, CUNYمعرفی
Dr. Janet Neary is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Hunter College, City University of New York. Her research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century African American literature, visual culture, critical theory, and Black Western literature. She earned her PhD at the University of California, Irvine, and has been affiliated with Hunter College since 2009.
Research Interests:
- 19th-century African American slave narratives and their visual dimensions
- Black Western literature, particularly post-Gold Rush and Fugitive Slave Act-era texts
- Critical race theory and transnational racialization
- Intersections of law, temporality, and geography in African American writing
- Contemporary visual responses to historical racial trauma
- Print culture and anti-imperial organizing in the 19th-century Atlantic world
Recent Publications & Trends: Her work spans analyses of surveillance in antebellum literature, Afro-Asian solidarity, and the materiality of Black narratives. Her forthcoming monograph Speculative Life explores Black Western migration's impact on literary and visual culture.
Awards & Affiliations:
- Visiting Scholar, Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West (2018)
- Editorial board member, J19: The Journal of 19th-century American Studies and Literature/Film Quarterly
Teaching & Leadership: She emphasizes the complexity of 19th-century African American texts, focusing on form, social context, and textual production. Courses include 'Slave Narratives: 1760-the Present' and 'CUNY and Slavery: Properties of Knowledge.'
