Edward D. White
Associate Professor - English
Pierce Butler Chair in American Literature
School of Liberal Arts
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty
Region
- Caribbean
Research
Early American Literature, Antebellum Abolitionist Writings, Haiti
Degrees
- B.A., George Washington University, French Literature, 1987
- M.A., University of Vermont, English, 1990
- M.A., Cornell University, English, 1993
- Ph.D., Cornell University, English, 1998
Academic Experience
Academic Experience
- Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2013-
- Associate Professor, University of Florida, 2005-2013
- Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, 1998-1999 & 2000-2005
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Connecticut College, 1999-2000
- Lecturer, Cornell University, 1997-1998
Distinctions
- Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund, for “H.H. Brackenridge’s Journalistic Career,” research in Pittsburgh, summer 2010
- Foerster Prize, Best Essay in American Literature, 2003
- Learning Community Incentive Grant, Lousiana State University, 2002-2003
- Regents Research Grant Aware, Louisiana State University, 2001
- Manship Summer Fellowship, Louisiana State University, 1999
Selected Publications
- 2010. “The Constitution of Toussaint: Another Origin of African American Literature.” With Michael Drexler. In A Companion to African American Literature. Gene Jarrett, ed. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- 2010. “Divided We Stand: Emergent Conservatism in Royall Tyler’s The Algerine Captive.” Studies in American Fiction 37 (1): 5-27.
- 2007. “History as Literature.” In The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature. Kevin J. Hayes, ed. New York: Oxford UP.
- 2005. Backcountry and the City: Colonization and Conflict in Early America. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
