Laval Duncan
Associate Professor of Teaching
5057 Woodward, Suite 9307.1 Detroit, MI 48202Department
Laval Duncan
Research interest(s)/area of expertise
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American literary and cultural studies
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African American studies
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Detroit oral history
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Poetry
Research
American and African American Literary & Cultural Studies; Detroit Oral History and Poetry
Education
- B.A., University of Louisville, 1963
- Birkbeck College, University of London
- Ph.D., Harvard, 1973
Awards and grants
Michigan Humanities Council, Humanities Center Working Groups, Educational Development Grant
Selected publications
- Co-Interview with Kathryne Lindberg, “The Continuity of Living for Change: An Interview with Grace Lee Boggs” (Social Text, No. 67 (Summer 2001), 43-73
- "Scene and Life Cycle in Ernest Gaines' Bloodline," Callaloo,Volume I, No. 3 (May 1978), 85-101. Reprinted March 2004 by Thomson-Gale in Short Story Criticism Volume 67 (SSC-67) Hardcover and Online
Courses taught by Laval Duncan
Winter Term 2025 (future)
- AFS5310 - Special Topics in African American Studies
- ENG3140 - American Literature after 1865
- ENG5480 - Topics in African American Literature
Fall Term 2024 (current)
- AFS2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Writing about Texts
- ENG2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Writing about Texts
- ENG3130 - American Literature to 1865
Winter Term 2024
- AFS5310 - Special Topics in African American Studies
- ENG3140 - American Literature after 1865
- ENG5480 - Topics in African American Literature
Fall Term 2023
- AFS2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Writing about Texts
- ENG2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Writing about Texts
- ENG3130 - American Literature to 1865
Winter Term 2023
- AFS5310 - Special Topics in African American Studies
- ENG3140 - American Literature after 1865
- ENG5480 - Topics in African American Literature
Fall Term 2022
- AFS2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Literature and Writing
- ENG2390 - Introduction to African-American Literature: Literature and Writing
- ENG3130 - American Literature to 1865