WilliamKuskin
- Professor
On leave.
Dr. Kuskin has served two terms as Chair of English. He was Vice Provost for Academic Innovationfrom 2014-2019, a Officer-level position created for him in the Provost’s Office.In that role he created the Office of Global Engagement and the Office of Academic Innovation, which originated the ñ’s massive enrollment degree programs. He served as Associate Dean of Engineering from 2020-2023.
A tenured, full professor, Dr. Kuskin’s research area is the history of the book. He has written and edited books and articles on , , , comic books, and . He contributes to and writes an occasional blog on . His work in the classroom has garnered awards from both the ñ and the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.
Dr. Kuskin has over two decades experience in digital education. He has taught in all digital formats from distance education, through online courses, to massive open online courses. In 2013 he launched the MOOC, “,” which ultimately served over seventy-thousand students and which received special mention by Coursera for its innovative delivery of humanities material. In 2016 he created a , and in 2019 oversaw the launch of the ñ’s revolutionary .
Dr. Kuskin attended Vassar College for his undergraduate education, where he majored in English and Psychology. He holds an MA and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a University of Warwick Exchange Fellow in 1995, a Stanford Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in 2000, and a 2006 NEH research grant awardee.
Areas of Specialty
- American Comics and Graphic Novels
- Medieval and Renaissance Literature
- Digital Pedagogy
- Public Speaking