Lisa Siraganian specializes in 20th-century modernism, exploring the relationship between artistic form, politics, and institutions. In addition to her book, Modernism’s Other Work: The Art Object’s Political Life (New York: Oxford UP, 2012), essays on Gertrude Stein, Wallace Stevens, Atom Egoyan, and Ang Lee (among others) have appeared in Modernism/ Modernity, Diaspora, ALH, and Post45. She has held postdoctoral fellowships from Dartmouth College and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and co-directs the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute faculty seminar on “The Concept of Agency.”
Lisa Siraganian
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins (2004)
MA Johns Hopkins (2000)
BA Oxford, 1st class (1997)
BA Williams, summa cum laude (1995)
Associate Professor
English Department
Southern Methodist University
photo courtesy Martha Stewart