Dr. Steven Ruszczycky

Associate Professor

English Major Advisor

E-mail: sruszczy@calpoly.edu

 

 

 

 

Education

PhD, University at Buffalo, SUNY (2014)
MA (Hons) University of Auckland, New Zealand (2007)
BA University of California, Santa Barbara (2003)

Teaching and Research Interests

Contemporary U.S. Literature
LGBT Literature and Culture, Queer Theory, Sexuality Studies
Genre Studies and Contemporary Genre Fiction
The History and Theory of Pornography

Selected Publications

Vulgar Genres: Gay Pornographic Writing and Contemporary Fiction, University of Chicago Press, 2021
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/V/bo115839233.html

Co-editor, Porn Archives, Duke University Press, 2014.

"AIDS Literatures" in The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

"The Law of Pornography: John Rechy and Samuel Steward," Genre 47:2 (2014).

---. Reprinted in Passionate Professions: Samuel Steward and the Pursuit of the Erotic. Ohio State University Press, 2017.

Selected Conference Presentations

"Hooked: Dennis Cooper and the Porn Addicts." Queer Places, Practices, and Lives Conference III, Ohio State University, May 12-13, 2017.

"After Obscenity: American Literature, Gay Pornography, and the Ethics of Reading." Presidential Theme Panel. Modern Language Association Convention, Austin, TX. Jan. 7-10, 2016.

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

Modern Language Association
The Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association