Clare Callahan, Ph.D.

Clare Callahan is a teacher and scholar of American literature, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Black Studies, and poverty studies. She develops cross-disciplinary initiatives and facilitates co-curricular programming in and beyond the university.

Recent and Upcoming Talks

“Personhood, Self-Valorization and the Dream of ‘Making Things Better’ in Anzia Yezierska’s Arrogant Beggar,” American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 20-23, 2025 [proposed].

“Song of the Poor: Negotiating Worth in Anzia Yezierska’s Salome of the Tenements,” Working-Class Studies Association, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, December 2-5, 2025.