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Joshua Lam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Michigan State University, affiliated with the College of Arts & Letters. His research and teaching focus on modernism, African American literature, and twentieth-century U.S. literature and culture, with additional interests in critical race theory, science and technology studies, and popular culture. He holds a Ph.D. (2013) and M.A. (2009) from the University at Buffalo (SUNY).
- Education:
- Ph.D., University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2013
- M.A., University at Buffalo (SUNY), 2009
His first book project, Creations of Habit: Race, Automation, and U.S. Modernism, examines intersections of race and technology in early 20th-century literature. A second project explores minstrelsy and stereotypes in contemporary Black poetry, analyzing how these works deconstruct racial reification. His work has been published in Journal of Modern Literature, Callaloo, and College Literature, among others, and has received the 2021 Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society Scholar’s Award.
Recent articles focus on Black feminist poetics, objectification in literature, and political discourse in African American texts. He has been supported by a 2023 Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) Grant for ongoing projects. Lam teaches courses on modernism, literary theory, African American literature, and popular culture such as horror and speculative fiction.
- Awards:
- 2021 Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society Scholar’s Award
His research bridges literary analysis with broader cultural and technological critiques, emphasizing how marginalized voices challenge systemic ideologies through innovative forms. Current work includes studies on Black poets’ use of stereotypes to disrupt racial and linguistic norms.
