Dr. Ellen Mccallum

Professor

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Biography

Ellen McCallum's teaching and research encompass feminist queer theory, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, aesthetics, American literature, and film studies. Her recent monograph, 'Unmaking Making Americans: Aesthetic Ontology', engages with questions of aesthetic relation, reading practice, and emotion, reflecting on Stein’s complex novel 'Making Americans'. McCallum has contributed to pivotal volumes such as 'Queer Studies: Literature, Theory, Sexuality' and 'The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature'. Through her work on fetishism and its implications for feminist theory, she articulates the complexities of gender and sexuality. McCallum's recent essays explore topics like the intersection of telephony and narrative in modern literature and the aesthetic subject in the context of queer theory. She teaches core and specialized courses in both undergraduate and graduate programs, focusing on literary and film studies, feminist theory, and LGBTQ studies, ensuring a robust academic environment for her students.

Research Interests

Courses

Humaneutics Language Speak Reading, Writing, Form Representation Reading Psychoanalysis Literature and Sexuality: World LGBTQ Literature Feminist Criticism: Freud and Feminism Queer Theory: Bodies and Pleasures Sade and Feminism Reading Feminist, Queer Theories Time—Feminism and Queer Theory Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Sexuality Studies Advanced Seminar in Women’s Gender Studies Classical Film Media Theory Contemporary Film Media Theory ABCs of Feminist Francophone Cinema Melodrama and Reinterpretations New Queer Cinema Feminist Cinema and Counter Cinema Readings in Women Writers: Studies in Lyric The Stein Legacy Americans in Paris Digital Mapping New Narrative Novel Innovations in Proust & Stein Space Theory in Postmodern Literature

Requirements for Michigan State University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:17
Writing
Required:17
Speaking
Required:17
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field At least 15 credits in psychology courses
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Specialization Notes

Department of Psychology