- Ph.D., History, Cornell University, 1997
- M.A., History, Cornell University, 1993
- B.A., summa cum laude, Philosophy and History, University of Pittsburgh, 1989
Paul Anderson
Associate Professor, American Studies
- paa2@iu.edu
- BH 549
- Office Hours
Education
Research interests
cultural study of 20th century U.S. music; 20th century U.S. intellectual and cultural history; 20th century African-American intellectual and cultural history; american studies methodologies; past and present; critical theory (past and present) and affect theory; U.S. arts and popular culture (esp. 1920-1980)
Courses recently taught
Indiana University, Bloomington
- AMST-A 100 What is America?
- AMST-A 202 Popular Culture and Critical Theory
University of Michigan
- American Culture / DAAS / History
- "Feeling Theory: Reading the Affective Turn"
- American Culture Methodologies: Modernity and Difference
- Music and Cultural Theory
Selected honors + awards
- Faculty Fellowship, Institute of the Humanities, University of Michigan, 2007-08.
- Fulbright Scholar Award, International Exchange for Scholars, 2007-08 (award declined).
The College of Arts