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Kevin Bourque

Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching & Learning

Department: English

Location: Belk Pavilion-Teaching&Learning, Office 103
Mailing address: 2610 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5756

Professional Expertise

LGBTQ studies, the 18th century, food studies, popular and material culture, book history, celebrity culture, the novel

News & Notes

Education

PhD, English, The University of Texas, Austin
MA, English, San Francisco State University
BA, Humanities and Social Thought, Louisiana Scholars' College

Courses Taught

The Rise of the Novel
Enlightenment Appetites
Lesbian and Gay Literature and Culture
Vidal, Williams, Capote
British Literature I
The Queer Eighteenth Century
Writing: Argument and Inquiry
High Lonesome Sounds: The Cultures of Country Music

Research

Eighteenth-century British literature
Queer theory, LGBT studies, the history of sexuality
Food studies
Popular and material culture
Narrative theory
The history of the book
Editorial practice and theory
Enlightenment philosophy
Celebrity culture and cults of personality