Lindsay Reckson

Lindsay Reckson serves as Professor and Chair of the English Department at Haverford College, specializing in post-Reconstruction literature, visual culture, contemporary performance art, and prison abolition.

Education

• Ph.D. in English, Princeton University
• B.A. in English and Creative Writing, New York University

Research Interests

Her scholarship interrogates intersections of race, religion, and secularism through American literary realism and visual culture. Key projects include analyzing ecstatic performance in Jim Crow-era literature, contemporary video art, and minimal gestures as ethical sites during political constraint. Her curatorial work extends research into public-facing explorations of racial violence and carceral systems.

Scientific Awards

• ACLS Fellowship (2016-2017) for Realist Ecstasy
• Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (2020)

Advising and Grants

As Faculty and Curricular Innovation Director of The Graterford Archive, she leads prison education initiatives. The ACLS Fellowship supported her monograph research, while curatorial projects received institutional backing from Haverford's Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery.

Labs and Teams

She co-curated The Legacy of Lynching (2018) and Currently (2023) at Haverford's Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, and directs The Graterford Archive's academic programming focused on carceral studies and prison abolition.