Zachary Manditch-Prottas

Zachary Manditch-Prottas is a full-time Lecturer jointly appointed in the Department of African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He is on sabbatical during Fall 2024. He holds a PhD in African American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

His research focuses on intersections of African American literature, Black cultural studies, gender, and sexuality. Key interests include 20th Century African American Literature, Masculinity Studies, Diaspora Theory, and Black Pulp Fiction. His work has appeared in journals such as African American Review, Callaloo, and The Black Scholar.

He received the 2020 Crompton-Noll Prize for Best Article and was featured in UCollege Spotlight for a summer course. His teaching includes courses like James Baldwin: Life, Letters & Legacy, examining Baldwin’s multifaceted contributions to literature and social theory.