Michael Cobb

Faculty

Professor, Department of English

416-978-8114

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 610
170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
Campus: St. George

Michael Cobb teaches courses in American literature, modernism, queer literature, queer theory, literary theory, and critical race theory. In addition to his primary appointment in the Department of English, he is also cross-appointed to University College, the Centre for the Study of Religion, the Drama Centre, and the Women and Gender Studies Institute.

He's also an affiliated faculty member at the Centre for the Study of the United States and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Michael was awarded the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Outstanding Teaching Award in 2009.

BA, Colby College
AM, University of Chicago
MA, Cornell University
PhD, Cornell University

American Literature
Aspects of Theory
American Literature
Queer Theory and Literature
Aspects of Theory

Books

Single: Arguments for the Uncoupled (New York: New York University Press, 2012).
God Hates Fags: The Rhetorics of Religious Violence (New York: New York University Press, 2006).
- Named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
Racial Blasphemies: Race and Religious Irreverance in American Literature (New York: Routledge, 2005)