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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.
Department of Psychology