Faculty of the
Program in American Civilization

Roger D. Abrahams

Professor of Folklore and Folklife

Director of the Center for Folklore and Ethnography

Alan Filreis

Professor of English PhD University of Virginia, 1985 1985 began teaching at Penn Appointments: English department; Graduate Group in American Civilization

Teaching and Research Interests: literary history of the American 1930's and 1950's, especially the literary left; literary journals, publishing histories; modern(ist) American poetry and its relation to politics.
 

Murray G. Murphey

Professor of History PhD Yale University 1954 Began teaching at Penn as Rockefeller Fellow 1954 Appointments:History department; Graduate Group in American Civilization; Graduate Group in Religious Studies

Teaching and Research Interests: American Civilization; history of philosophy; philosophy of history; post 1929 American culture; trying to keep my ass out of the frying pan.
 
 

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