Kathleen Pfeiffer is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Oakland University on Rochester, Michigan.聽聽She teaches courses in American literature, African American literature, the Harlem Renaissance, biography, memoir, and creative nonfiction.聽聽She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University, and her B.A. cum laude with Departmental Distinction from Emmanuel College.
Dr. Pfeiffer has published a monograph, (University of Massachusetts Press, 2001), an edited collection,听, and has edited and introduced the re-issue of two Harlem Renaissance novels,听Nigger Heaven聽by Carl Van Vechten, and聽Holiday聽by Waldo Frank.聽聽Her scholarship has also appeared in the journals聽Women鈥檚 Studies,听African American Review,听Legacy, and聽Modernism/modernity, and she has written numerous biographical essays for the American Writers Supplement series from Scribner. As a creative writer, Dr. Pfeiffer was awarded the prestigious Kresge Artist Fellowship in 2012, and she won the Michigan Writers Chapbook Contest in 2018 for her memoir聽Ink, published by the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press.聽聽Her creative nonfiction has also appeared in聽The Sun聽magazine,听Bateau, and the聽Bear River Review.
