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6th College Bldg 1/Ridge Walk
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Mail Code: 0410
Camille F. Forbes
Associate Professor
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Profile
Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Associate Professor of Writing
Office HoursAffiliated Faculty for Department of Ethnic Studies
Recipient of UCSD Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award
UCSD Hellman Fellow
Camille F. Forbes received her Ph.D. in American Civilization from Harvard University, an M.A. in History from Harvard University, and a B.A. in American Studies from Yale University. Teaching: The Short Story; Flash Fiction; Creative Nonfiction. She's currently working on a historical novel with the working title, Minding the Territory.
Publications
Introducing Bert Williams: Burnt Cork, Broadway, and the Story of America's First Black Star. New York: Basic Civitas, 2008.
"Dancing with 'Racial Feet': Bert Williams and the Performance of Blackness," Theatre Journal 56:4 (December 2004):603-625.
Co-author with Ghada Osman, "Representing the West in the ArabicLanguage: The Slave Narrative of Omar ibn Said." Journal ofIslamic Studies 15:3 (September 2004):331-343.
"Dancing with 'Racial Feet': Bert Williams and the Performance of Blackness," Theatre Journal 56:4 (December 2004):603-625.
Co-author with Ghada Osman, "Representing the West in the ArabicLanguage: The Slave Narrative of Omar ibn Said." Journal ofIslamic Studies 15:3 (September 2004):331-343.
Research/Creative Interests
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