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Dr. Laura Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Toronto Metropolitan University, specializing in American literature, urban culture, and social reform. She holds a PhD from New York University. Her research focuses on race, class, gender, and self-making within urban modernity, with a focus on minor genres and social reform movements.
Her notable works include Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era (2019) and a SSHRC-funded project on sociological fiction. She also produces digital humanities projects like City of Words, integrating urban literature into pedagogy. Her writing appears in The Guardian, Public Books, and academic journals like American Literature and Modern Language Quarterly.
Key contributions include analyses of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Booker T. Washington, and James Baldwin, alongside cultural critiques of music and contemporary feminist movements. Her work bridges literary history with public humanities, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to social justice themes.
