I’m a teacher, public speaker, and academic scholar of American literature, history, and culture, and my research often includes perspectives from archival studies, cultural studies, and periodical studies. My forthcoming book, Reading Between the Lines: Meaning and Mediality in Freedom’s Journal (U. Penn. Press, 2027) analyzes the ways in which the first African American–owned and –operated newspaper (Freedom’s Journal, 1827–29) functioned as a powerful and often radical cultural institution in subversive and often-unexpected ways. I have published in journals like Early American Studies, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, Anglia, Atlantic Studies, and The New Americanist, and I have essays forthcoming in academic books on digital humanities and environmental studies. Recent fellowships include a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellowship at Library of America, a “Teaching with Primary Sources” Fellowship at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, and an Obama Fellowship at the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies in Mainz, Germany. I have extensive experience in editing, public writing, and programming, but I can also laugh at myself when I say that I’m a forever-struggling creative writer and a forever-stumbling German language learner.
Born, raised, and educated in the US, I’m currently living and working in Europe, where my understanding of American history and culture continues to be transformed by different perspectives every day.
Scott T. Zukowski 