American Ethnic Studies Contact Information sretman@uw.edu 206 543-0470 PDL A514 Research Research Advised Smith, Alexandra V. Writing the Street: Discourses of Choice, Agency, and Mobility in Twentieth Century Street Lit. 2019. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Sackschewsky, Leisl. Orientations in Time: Music and the Construction of Historical Narrative in 20th and 21st Century African-American Literature. 2016. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Hernandez, Melanie A. Border Crossings: Passing and Other(ed) Strategic Performances of Race in African American and Chicana/o Literatures. 2013. University of Washington, PhD dissertation. Courses Taught Spring 2025ENGL 318 A: Black Literary Genres Spring 2024ENGL 318 A: Black Literary Genres Autumn 2022ENGL 258 A: Introduction African American Literature