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Marlon B. Ross

Professor
+1 (434) 924-1478
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of English
Office location and address
304C Bryan Hall
201 Cabell Dr
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
Education
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1983
M.A. University of Chicago, 1979
B.A. Southwestern University, 1978
Recent courses as listed in the Student Information System (SIS) Course Catalog:
AMST 3559: New Course in American Studies
Credits: 1–4
New Course in the subject of American Studies
ENAM 3559: New Course in American Literature
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of American Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENGL 3570: Studies in American Literature
Credits: 3
Studies the work of one or two major authors. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENGL 3572: Studies in African-American Literature and Culture
Credits: 3
Intensive study of African-American writers and cultural figures in a diversity of genres. Includes artists from across the African diaspora in comparative American perspective. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENCR 4500: Seminar in Literary Criticism
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
AMST 4500: Fourth-Year Seminar in American Studies
Credits: 3
This seminar is intended to focus study, research, and discussion on a single period, topic, or issue, such as the Great Awakening, the Civil War, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, or the 1960s. Topics vary.
ENAM 4500: Seminar in American Literature since 1900
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENGL 4570: Seminar in American Literature since 1900
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. Topics vary from year to year. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENGL 4580: Seminar in Literary Criticism
Credits: 3
Limited enrollment. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses.
ENCW 4993: Independent Project in Creative Writing
Credits: 3
For the student who wants to work on a creative writing project under the direction of a faculty member. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
ENGL 4993: Independent Study
Credits: 1–4
For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Prerequisite: third year, fourth year, English major or minor, AAS major or minor.
ENGL 9580: Advanced Studies in Critical Theory
Credits: 3
Topics vary from year to year.
  • John H. D'Arms Faculty Award fo Distinguished Graduate Mentoring int he Humanities, University of Michigan, 1999
  • Michigan Humanities Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1998
  • Excellence in Education Award, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, The University of Michigan, 1997
  • Excellence in Research Award, College of Literature, Science & the Arts, The University of Michigan, 1995
  • John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1992-1993
  • Office of the Vice President for Research Grant, University of Michigan, 1992-1993
  • Rackham Faculty Recognition Award, The University of Michigan, 1992-1993
  • Lilly Endowment Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, 1987-1988