Amy Elias
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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About Amy
Academic Profile
Academic Background: Ph.D. in English, Pennsylvania State University; M.A. in English, University of Illinois; B.A. in English, University of Illinois.
Research Interests: Post-1960s American literature, narrative theory, speculative fiction, environmental humanities, and the intersection of art and science.
Appointments: Lindsay Young Professor, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, UT Humanities Center (2017–present); Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief, ASAP/Journal.
Awards: George and Barbara Perkins Book Prize from the International Society for the Study of Narrative for Sublime Desire: History and Post-1960s Fiction.
Publications: Sublime Desire: History and Post-1960s Fiction (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001); numerous articles in journals like Contemporary Literature and Narrative.
Additional Contributions: Principal founder of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP); hosted ASAP’s launch conference in Knoxville (2009).