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Lina Kuhn

Assistant Teaching Professor of English

Department: English

Location: Alamance Building, Office 309C
Mailing address: 2338 Campus Box ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-5754

Professional Expertise

20th century American and German literature and film; first-year writing; science and the humanities, horror, science fiction

News & Notes

Education

PhD, Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BA, English, University of Colorado at Boulder

Courses Taught

First-Year Writing, Horror Film and Literature, Science Fiction, American Literature After 1865, Intro to Global Film & Cultures, German Film

Publications

Lindenman, Heather, Margaret Chapman, Jennifer Eidum, Lina Kuhn, and Li Li. “Beyond the ‘Improvement Imperative’: Writing to Change Oneself and the World in First-Year Composition.” Composition Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring 2024, pp. 47-68.

 

Kuhn, Lina. “Nordau, Darkly: The Degenerating Aesthetics of Frank Norris’s Vandover and the Brute.” Studies in American Naturalism, vol. 14, no. 2, Winter 2019, pp. 180-202.

Kuhn, Lina. “Oh the Monstrosity: Vigilante Mobs and Biopolitical Justice in 1930s Film.” U. of Toronto Quarterly, vol. 87, no. 1, Winter 2018, pp. 62-80.