Associate Professor
Director, African American Studies
Contact
Department of English
P.O. Box E
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Education
Teaching Interests
African American literature
Recent Courses
- The End of African American Literature?
- “Black and White Strangers”: Race and Realism in 20th Century American Literature
- Paul Laurence Dunbar and the Dialectics of Racial Representation
- Studies in Literature Since 1900 -Locations in Harlem: Constructing Race, Palce and Identity in the Early 20th Century African-American Novel
- Richard Wright
- Toni Morrison
- Literature of the South
Bio
Dr. Donald Shaffer holds a joint appointment to the English Department and the African American Studies Program.
Faculty & Staff