Dr. Drayton Nabers

Associate Professor

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Biography

Drayton Nabers is an Associate Professor specializing in American literary history and American social thought, with a focus on the interactions across various institutional and disciplinary settings, including legal, sociological, economic, and military dimensions. His notable work, 'Victory Law', charts the cultural and literary genealogy of the Fourteenth Amendment. Currently, Nabers is engaged in book-length projects, examining the role of World War II in the development of postmodernism in the United States and analyzing the centrality of corporations as social forms and economic institutions designing the ideology of American liberalism from the Civil War to present. His scholarly contributions include articles in prestigious journals and anthologies, alongside significant publications that address themes of law, literature, and the socio-political landscape of American history.

Research Interests

American Literary History American Social Thought Postmodernism World War II Economic Institutions American Liberalism

Courses

Cultures and Countercultures: The American Novel and World War II The Simple Art of Murder Serial Fictions Genres of American Comedy Slavery and American Literature American Renaissance Literature American Literature in the Cold War Literature and Inequality, 1945-2020 American Literature and the Constitution American Literature of the Civil War Realism, Modernism, Postmodernism: American Novel Traditions American Literature and the Corporation American Modernism and its Aftermaths Hollywood and American Modernism Recent Novel and Cultural Rivals Senior Honors Seminar in English American Literature and Middle-Class Labor Corporate Aesthetics Post-Slavery Imagination

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics