Ann Fabian
Professor of American Studies and History

Dean of Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences


Office: School of Arts and Sciences: 77 Hamilton St.

             American Studies, RAB Rm. 017B

Office Hours: Tuesday, 2:00-4:00, 77 Hamilton St., CAC

Email: afabian@rci.rutgers.edu
Phone:  Dean's Office: 732-932-8194

Bio:
Ann Fabian received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University. She is currently chair of the American Studies department. She teaches courses on cultural history, including a required course on a decade in American culture and seminars on the Civil War, the history of the book, autobiography and memoir, and the art of P.T. Barnum. Her books include Card Sharps, Dream Books, and Bucket Shops: Gambling in 19th-century America and a study of American autobiography, The Unvarnished Truth. She also edited a special issue on “Curiosity” of the on-line journal Common-place (www.common-place.org). Her current work on skulls and skull collectors borrows from the history of American science, the history of anthropology and the history of the American west.

Sample Writing:
Card Sharps, Dream Books, and Bucket Shops: Gambling in 19th-century America
The Unvarnished Truth

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