Brown Named ACLS New Faculty Fellow

English Ph.D. recipient takes two-year position at Princeton University.

By Ashley David

Christopher Brown, Winter 2012
Ph.D., English, University of Maryland

Dissertation: “And There See Justice Done': The Problem of Law in the African American Literary Tradition”
Adviser: Mary Helen Washington, English
Appointment Years: 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

The College of Arts and Humanities would like to congratulate Christopher Brown, recent University of Maryland English Ph.D. recipient, for being awarded one of the 65 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) New Faculty Fellowships. Brown, with the support from the ACLS New Faculty Fellows program, will take a two-year position in the Department of English and the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University.  He will receive an annual stipend and research support as well as teach three seminars each year including courses in his particular area of specialization: African American literature, and law and literature.

Congratulations again and we wish you all the best!