Joycelyn K. Moody, Ph.D.
Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature; Director, African American Literatures and Cultures Institute

Professional Info: Curriculum Vitae
Email: joycelyn.moody@utsa.edu
Phone: (210) 458-4374
Fax: (210) 458-5366
Office: MB 2.306C

Specialization

African American literatures and cultures, the literatures of US slavery

 

Biography

Joycelyn Moody is currently the Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she teaches courses on African American literature. Sheserved as Editor-in-Chief of African American Review from Fall 2004 through Spring 2008. She has taught at several institutions, including the University of Washington, Saint Louis University, Hamilton College, and the Harvard School of Divinity. Besides articles and chapters, her publications include Sentimental Confessions: Spiritual Narratives of Nineteenth-Century African American Women and Course Guide for The Norton Anthology of African American Literature 2nd ed.

Publications

Recent Courses

Undergraduate and Graduate

• African American Literature Survey
• African American Autobiography
• Black Feminist Theory and History
• The Politics of African American Piety

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