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• 2012

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  English

  University of Kansas

• 2010

  Spanish

  Master of Arts

  English Language and Literature/Letters

  University of Alabama

• 2005

  B.A. English

  Minors in Business and Religion

  Wofford College

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  \"'I Won't Stay in this Dead Country': The Gilded Age and the Problem of Geography

  \"'I Won't Stay in this Dead Country': The Gilded Age and the Problem of Geography

  \"Others Come In: Blood Meridian and the Imperial Travel Narrative\"

  \"Contesting Boundaries in Toni Morrison's Beloved\"

  A digital humanities project aimed at building an interactive

  open-access database of curated

  digitally described black novels. Acquired over the last 30 years through public and private donations

  the 1

  500+ novels in the collection feature over thirty 19th century black-authored novels and numerous rare and understudied texts. \n\nServing as the lead grant writer

  in 2016 HBW received an NEH grant to begin the process of metadata extraction and digitization. We are currently pursuing funding through the Council on Library and Information Resources.

  Cunningham

  Ph.D.

  Will

  Cunningham

  Ph.D.

  Defy Ventures

  University of Alabama

  Clemson University

  University of Kansas

  Tuscaloosa

  Alabama Area

  Teacher of Record

  2011-2012

  M.A. in English

  University of Alabama

  Lawrence

  Kansas Area

  Teacher of Record

  2012-2017\nProject Manager

  Black Book Interactive Project\nHistory of Black Writing Staff Member

  Ph.D. in English

  with Honors

  University of Kansas

  Clemson University

  Grant Writer

  Defy Ventures