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Stephen Michael Best

Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English; Director Townsend Center for the Humanities

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Arts & Humanities

English

Stephen Michael Best is currently serving as an Arts & Humanities Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English; Director Townsend Center for the Humanities at University of California, Berkeley.

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Stephen Michael Best

University of California, Berkeley

Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English; Director Townsend Center for the Humanities

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african american studies african identity design performance studies psychology interpretation semantics context (linguistics) experimental psychology persistence (psychology) authenticity colonialism social history pragmatics knowledge-based systems psychological bulletin psychological science american studies ethnic studies english education composition studies french civilization french studies transitional justice private law

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Walter J. Ong, Orality and Literacy (1982). Public Culture (2020)

english educationenglishchildren's literatureintellectual historyliteratureliterary criticismcomposition studies

None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (2018)

intersectionalityethnic studiesanti-racismcritical race theoryafrican american studiescultureafrican identity

La Foi Postcritique, on Second Thought. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (2017)

french studiesspanishlatinfrenchfrench civilizationcritical theorylatin literature

Building a Better Description. Representations (2016)

context (linguistics)semanticsdesignperformance studiesinterpretationpragmaticsknowledge-based systems

On Failing to Make the Past Present. Modern Language Quarterly (2012)

psychologyauthenticitypsychological bulletinpersistence (psychology)philosophyexperimental psychologypsychological science

Neither Lost nor Found: Slavery and the Visual Archive. Representations (2011)

historycolonialismamerican studiessocial historyafrican american studiespublic historyafrican identity

Surface Reading. Representations (2009)

Fugitive Justice. Representations (2005)

The Fugitive's Properties: Law and the Poetics of Possession. University of Chicago Press (2004)

jurisprudencelawprivate lawliteratureliterary criticismtransitional justicephilosophy of law

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Stephen Michael Best

Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English; Director Townsend Center for the Humanities

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Arts & Humanities

English

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Stephen Michael Best

University of California, Berkeley

Professor & Rachael Anderson Stageberg Chair in English; Director Townsend Center for the Humanities

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Walter J. Ong, Orality and Literacy (1982). Public Culture (2020)

english educationenglishchildren's literatureintellectual historyliteratureliterary criticismcomposition studies

None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (2018)

intersectionalityethnic studiesanti-racismcritical race theoryafrican american studiescultureafrican identity

La Foi Postcritique, on Second Thought. PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America (2017)

french studiesspanishlatinfrenchfrench civilizationcritical theorylatin literature

Building a Better Description. Representations (2016)

context (linguistics)semanticsdesignperformance studiesinterpretationpragmaticsknowledge-based systems

On Failing to Make the Past Present. Modern Language Quarterly (2012)

psychologyauthenticitypsychological bulletinpersistence (psychology)philosophyexperimental psychologypsychological science

Neither Lost nor Found: Slavery and the Visual Archive. Representations (2011)

historycolonialismamerican studiessocial historyafrican american studiespublic historyafrican identity

Surface Reading. Representations (2009)

Fugitive Justice. Representations (2005)

The Fugitive's Properties: Law and the Poetics of Possession. University of Chicago Press (2004)

jurisprudencelawprivate lawliteratureliterary criticismtransitional justicephilosophy of law

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