Susan Scheckel

Susan Scheckel is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, specializing in American literature and culture before 1900. Her research spans the history of race, visual and print cultures, theories of nationalism, and medical history in the U.S. context.

• Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley (1992)
• Teaches courses on 19th-century American literature, Civil War culture, and Gothic literature
• Current research focuses on nostalgia as a medical and cultural concept in U.S. history

Her publications explore intersections of race, gender, and medicine in 19th-century American literature and visual culture, including award-winning analyses of indigenous representation and national identity. Awards include NEH Summer Fellowships, the Don D. Walker Prize, and SCMLA Book Prize. She has taught at the University of Memphis, University of Southern California, and Stony Brook since 2000.

• Email: Susan.Scheckel@stonybrook.edu
• Office: Humanities 2091