Joseph A. Dimuro

Joseph A. Dimuro is a Continuing Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago (2000) and has previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Haverford College.

• Specializes in critical theory, history/theory of the novel, queer studies, and 19th-century American literature
• Recipient of Baird/Smithsonian and Newberry Library fellowships
• Editor of Henry Blake Fuller's novels The Cliff Dwellers and Bertram Cope's Year
• Published in journals: J19, Textual Cultures, ALH, Review of English Studies

His research explores intersections of:

• Queer subjectivity and capitalist value systems
• Urban cultural politics (1890-1910)
• Psychological realism in Henry James
• Technological symbolism in American literature

Scientific contributions include:

• Keynote lectures at MLA and American Studies Association conventions
• Editorial work on 19th-century American realist literature
• Academic publications on temporal theory, racial philosophy, and architectural symbolism