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| Cathy N. Davidson, Ruth F. Devarney Professor of English and Interim Director
 John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English
fhi-institute@duke.edu
| Office Location: | 129 Franklin Center | | Office Phone: | (919) 684-8471 | | Email Address: |  
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- Office Hours:
- by appointment
Education:
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Northwestern University 2005
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Elmhurst College 1989
- Postdoctoral study The University of Chicago 1975
- Ph.D. State University of New York at Binghamton 1974
- M.A. State University of New York at Binghamton 1973
- B.A. Elmhurst College 1970
- Specialties:
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Science and Literature
Critical Theory
Other
- Research Interests:
Cathy Davidson has published numerous books, including Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America (Oxford, 1986), Reading in America: Literature and Social History (Hopkins, 1989), The Book of Love: Writers and Their Love Letters (Pocket/Simon and Schuster, 1992), Thirty-Six Views of Mount Funi: On Finding Myself in Japan (Dutton/Penguin, 1993), and, with Linda Wagner-Martin, The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States (1995) and The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States (1995). In collaboration with photographer Bill Bamberger, her most recent book is Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory (Norton, 1998). She is General Editor of the Oxford University Press Early American Women Writers series, past President of the American Studies Association, and past editor of American Literature.
Cathy Davidson is also Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- C.N. Davidson. Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn (Viking Press June 2011 publication date). 2010. [org]
- C.N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg. The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age. 2009.
- C.N. Davidson. "Blamed For Change." International Journal of Learning and Media (2009).
- C.N. Davidson. "Research Is Teaching." ADE Bulletin (2009).
- C.N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg. The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (MIT Press, forthcoming, 2010). John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning MIT Press,
January 2010.
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