Robert J. Reginio

Robert J. Reginio is a Professor of English at Alfred University, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. His research focuses on Modernism (American/European), Africana Studies, Social Justice, and interdisciplinary studies of figures like Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan. He holds a PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2008).

Reginio teaches courses on drama, modern literature, critical theory, and special topics like the Harlem Renaissance and Irish literature. He has presented globally at venues like MLA, NeMLA, and the University of Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Institute. His publications bridge literature, art, and memory, exploring empathy in Dylan’s work and Beckett’s engagement with conceptual art.

Notable awards include Alfred University’s Excellence in Teaching (2012) and Faculty Research Mentor (2014). He has organized conferences on topics like 'The Persistence of Bob Dylan' and led seminars on modernism in New York. His work often interrogates archives, historical guilt, and the intersection of art forms.

Reginio’s research spans Beckett’s late drama, Woolf’s spatial poetics, and the cultural politics of Dylan’s music. He collaborates on undergraduate research projects, such as mapping Woolf’s urban affiliations, and explores ‘obsolete technologies’ in modernist aesthetics.