
Michael Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Academic Services Officer II & Student Engagement Coordinator
313-577-6331
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program (GSW)
Wayne State University
5057 Woodward, 9th floor, room 9204.3
Detroit, MI 48202
Department
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program
Center for Gender and Sexuality
Michael Schmidt
I am an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Center for Gender and Sexuality and academic advisor and student engagement coordinator with the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program (GSW). My research interests include twentieth century American literature, literary theory, Marxism, forms of community, and gender and sexuality. My work has appeared in several journals and the anthology Modernism and Unreadability (Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée).
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
20th Century American literature, literary theory, Marxism, forms of community, and gender and sexuality
Education
PhD English, Wayne State University, 2013Selected publications
“Nightwood as a Way of Life.” Feminist Modernist Studies 2.1 (2019): 104-120.
“A Materialist Desire in The Young and Evil.” Studies in American Fiction 48.2 (2018): 213-233.
“Cruising Henry James: The Scene of Queer Sociality as a Critique of Capital.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 22.1 (2016): 81-108.
Courses taught by Michael Schmidt
Winter Term 2024 (future)
- GSW3200 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies
- GSW5200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
- GSW7200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
Fall Term 2023 (current)
- GSW3200 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies
- GSW5200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
- GSW7200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
Spring-Summer Term 2023
- GSW5035 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- ENG5035 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- GSW2500 - Humanities Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Women
Winter Term 2023
- GSW3200 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies
- GSW5200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
- GSW7200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
Fall Term 2022
- GSW3200 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Womens Studies
- GSW5200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
- GSW7200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
Spring-Summer Term 2022
- GSW5035 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- ENG5035 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
- GSW2500 - Humanities Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Women
Winter Term 2022
- GSW2500 - Humanities Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Women
- GSW5200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory
- GSW7200 - Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory