Lois Rudnick
teaches courses within the American Studies and English Departments, in American literature, history, and culture, with a particular focus on immigration and multi-ethnic literatures and cultures, and late 19th and 20th century Victorian and Modern cultures. All of her courses pay particular attention to ethnic, racial, class, and gender formations and include the richly contested voices of the diverse men and women who have made American history, culture, and literature. Her research has focused primarily on Southwestern art and culture, primarily the Santa Fe and Taos artist and writers communities of northern New Mexico, and on early 20th century American modernisms. She has also devoted her career to writing and consulting on the development of innovative multi-cultural and interdisciplinary curricula for secondary and university teachers and students.

Selected Publications:

Co-editor, American Identities:  An Introductory Textbook, with Judith Smith and Rachel Rubin (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)   

“Teaching American Dreams/American Realities:  Students Lives and Faculty Agendas,” Achieving Against the Odds:  How Academics Become Teachers of Diverse Students (Temple University Press, 2001)  

Utopian Vistas:  The Mabel Dodge Luhan House and the American Counterculture (University of New Mexico Press, 1996) 

Editor, 1915, The Cultural Moment:  The New Politics, The New Woman, The New Art, The New Psychology, and The New Theatre in America (Rutgers University Press, 1991) 

Office:  Wheatley, 5th floor, Room 107
Email:: lois.rudnick@umb.edu
Phone: 617-287-6770