Louise Duus
PTL in American Studies
Retired as Associate Dean of Douglass College

Office: RAB 017A

Office Hours: Wednesday, 11:30 to 1:30 and by appointment.
Email: duus@rci.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-9174

Bio:
Louise Duus came to the department in 1974 from Lafayette College, where she had taught since 1970. Prior to that, she had taught at SUNY Buffalo and at Philander Smith, a predominantly black Methodist college in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Arkansas experience taught her to be cautious in generalizing about American culture. The experience of joining the faculty of Lafayette College, a previously all male school, the first year it went coed raised her consciousness about women's rights.

Her academic degrees are from Oberlin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Minnesota. She has published articles on late nineteenth century American fiction, and has done research on women and utopianism in the nineteenth century. Her current interests lie in the area of popular culture, particularly best-selling fiction.
Professor Duus retired as Associate Dean of Douglass College in 1994 and is now a PTL in American Studies.