Rate My Professor Adam Kaiserman

Dr. Adam Kaiserman is Professor of English at College of the Canyons, where he also chairs the Humanities Program. He specializes in American literature, media studies, and composition. Kaiserman earned his PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine, focusing his research on post-1945 American literature and television. Prior to his appointment at College of the Canyons, he served as Managing Editor of The Journal of Haitian Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara Center for Black Studies, overseeing publications in Haitian and ethnic studies.

Kaiserman's scholarly contributions include essays published in Critique, Genre, MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States), and The Journal of American Culture. Key publications are 'James Baldwin and the Great Divide: Adapting “Equal in Paris” for Golden Age Television' in MELUS (2014), 'Kurt Vonnegut's PBS Style: Breakfast of Champions, Sesame Street, and the Politics of Public Culture' in The Journal of American Culture (2012), 'Morals, Manners, and the Middlebrow: Lionel Trilling and the Politics of Cultural Distinction' in Genre (2017), and 'Unreality in America: Reading Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk in a Post-Truth Age' in Critique (2021). These works address literary adaptations, public culture, middlebrow aesthetics, and contemporary American narratives. At College of the Canyons, he instructs courses such as American Literature I (ENGL-260), American Literature II (ENGL-261), American Multicultural Literature (ENGL-262), Critical Thinking and Writing (ENGL-103), Introduction to the Humanities (HUMAN-100), and Introduction to Great Ideas (HUMAN-150). He participates in faculty governance as a representative on the Academic Integrity Committee and Academic Senate subcommittees.