Rate My Professor Adam Kaiserman

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.