Advising

I advise a number of graduate and undergraduate students in Black Studies, 19th-Century American Studies, and Legal Studies. Below are examples of graduate student exam fields where I have recently served as an advisor/examiner:

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• Black Sexuality Studies

• Black Feminisms and American Literature

• African American Science Fiction 

• Media Masculinities Along the Color Line

• Critical Race Theory

• Black Spiritualities and Religious Thought

• 19th-Century Conceptions of Oceanic and Shipboard Space

• 20th/21st Century African American Literature

• U.S. Black Literature and Culture 1960-Present

• Performance Studies and 19th-Century African American Literature

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If you are a current or prospective graduate student who is interested in working with me, please email me at fbarter@uoregon.edu. For prospective students, I may not be able to respond to all inquiries depending on the timing of the request and the information sought. For current graduate students, please reach out with a brief description of your research interests and/or schedule an office hours appointment with me.

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For undergraduate students interested in working with me on an honors thesis or other research project, please email me at fbarter@uoregon.edu with a brief description of your proposed project. I have served as a reader for recent honors thesis projects on legal studies, Black literature, and Native/Indigenous literature.

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Below are additional resources for students seeking graduate or undergraduate advising:

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