Professor Dr. John Stauffer

Biography

John Stauffer is the Sumner R. Marshall S. Kates Professor at Harvard University, specializing in English and African American Studies. His research interests encompass American and African American literature and culture, particularly focusing on the antebellum period. He has extensively studied themes of slavery, abolitionism, photography, protest literature, and autobiography. Stauffer has co-authored significant works such as 'Picturing Frederick Douglass: Illustrated Biography Nineteenth Century's Photographed American' and 'GIANTS: Parallel Lives Frederick Douglass Abraham Lincoln'. He has engaged in curatorial projects, including exhibitions on Frederick Douglass at prestigious institutions. He is actively involved in advising graduate students and encourages conversations about their backgrounds.

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