Benjamin Williams
Ph.D. Student
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Area of Study
PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies
Bio
My research focuses on 19th and 20th-century literature, visual culture, and law in the US-Mexico borderlands with attention to conceptions of race, nation, and gender. I am primarily interested in exploring how diasporic cultural productions push against regimes of representation that contribute to violent juridical knowledge-making processes.
Research Keywords: Borders, Mobility, Migration, Visual Culture, Law
Education
- BA in Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso
- MA in English and American Literature, University of Texas at El Paso