David Squires

David Squires is standing outdoors in the evening wearing a brown, pinstripe suit jacket and a blue collared shirt.
  • Faculty
  • Associate Professor of English
  • Co-director of Graduate Studies

Biography

Both in his teaching and his research, David Squires works to clarify the relationship between literature and the various institutions responsible for producing knowledge, from research libraries to state surveillance agencies. 

He has published on poetry, pornography, library science, racial violence, and the cultural legacy of mechanical brains. Currently, he serves as the Graduate Coordinator for Continuing Students in the Department of English.

Education

  • Ph.D., University at Buffalo, 2015
  • M.A., University at Buffalo, 2010
  • B.A., summa cum laude, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2005

Student Research/Collaboration

Teaching and Research Areas

  • Modernism
  • twentieth-century American literature
  • information culture
  • postcolonial studies
  • sexuality studies
  • digital humanities