Frederick L. McElroy

Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies

Alma Mater: PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1987

Email: mcelroy@indiana.edu
Phone: 812.855.2248
Office: Memorial Hall East, M-27

Courses:

A141 Introduction to Composition and the Study of Black Literature I, A142 Introduction to Composition and the Study of Black Literature II, A249 Afro-American Autobiography, A379 Early Black American Writing, A380 Recent Black American Writing, A579 Early Black American Writing, A580 Recent Black American Writing, A591 Black Intellectual Traditions

Research:

Early black literature, black autobiography, black intellectual traditions, history and construction of black studies as an academic discipline.

Recent Publications:

1. “A History of Indiana University’s Afro-American Studies Department”, When Hope Unborn Had Died: Thirty Years of Helping Hoosiers Realize Their College Dreams, 1998.

2. “Booker T. Washington as Literary Trickster,” Southern Folklore, 1992.

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

African American & African Diaspora Studies
Memorial Hall M18 | 1021 East Third Street | Bloomington, IN 47405 | Phone: (812) 855-3875 | Fax: (812) 855-4432
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