Dr. Michael Litwack

Associate Professor

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Biography

Michael Litwack is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta, where he teaches Media Technology Studies. He obtained his Ph.D. in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. His research focuses on theoretical and discursive encounters involving race, media, technology, and modernity. Litwack has published widely in journals such as Media Culture & Society, Cultural Critique, and Camera Obscura, and has co-edited several volumes including a special dossier for Jump Cut: Review of Contemporary Media. His current SSHRC-funded project, "Mediations of Racial Capitalism," examines the intersections of raciality and media studies. He is also finalizing a book titled "Racial Technics," analyzing the role of media technologies in shaping Black freedom struggles in the U.S. His teaching includes a range of undergraduate and graduate courses in media theory, critical race and ethnic studies, and literary cultural studies.

Research Interests

Media Theory Black Studies Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Genealogies of Communication and Mediation History of Critical Theory U.S. Literary and Cultural Studies Posthumanisms

Courses

ENGL 103 Case Studies in Research: Reading Race Representation MST 200 Media Theory ENGL 217 Introduction to Literary Critical Theory ENGL 218 Textualities: Theories of Reading and Interpretation ENGL 385 Topics in Popular Culture: Narratives of New Media ENGL 395 Topics in Media: Culture and History ENGL 395 Topics in Media: Ideas of Communication ENGL 430 Studies in Theory: Humanism ENGL 485 Studies in Media: Mediating Race, Mediating Blackness DH 510 Contemporary Media Theory ENGL 569 Forms of Refusal ENGL 582 Media Questions of Reading ENGL 583 Race, Modernity, and the Human ENGL 800 PhD Colloquium ENGL 498 - Honors Essay

Requirements for University of Alberta

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:21
Reading
Required:21
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:21
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Management
Application Checklist
  • Three letters of reference
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal Statement
  • Official Transcripts (upon admission)
Specialization Notes

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management