Bio
Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2003. Dissertation title: "The Face of the Deep: African American Intellectuals and Alienation."
Professional Memberships
Society For Cinema and Media Studies 2022 - PresentAugust Wilson Society 2019 - PresentAmerican Literature Association 2016 - PresentModern Language Association 2023 - 2024Popular Culture Association 2013 - 2021Space Between Society, McGill University 2016 - 2017Awards and Honors
2013, Innovation in Teaching Award, Bentley University2008, Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award2006, Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award2003, Mellon Fellowship2001, Anonymous Donor Fellowship2001, Martin Sampson Teaching AwardPublications
Journal Articles
Stuckey, J. K. (2015). "Make Me Over, or Ripley at Midnight". Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (). Art That Touches: August Wilson, Romare Bearden, and the Quest for Intimacy. African American Review. Forthcoming.
Books
Stuckey, J. K. (). The Bard of the Blues: A Critical History of August Wilson. Suffolk, UK, and Rochester, NY: Camden House Publishing (Boydell & Brewer) Forthcoming.
Book Chapters
Stuckey, J. K. (2025). Black Masculinity and Homosocial Bonding In Khalid Y. Long and Isaiah M. Wooden, (Eds.) August Wilson in Context. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Forthcoming.
Book Reviews
Stuckey, J. K. (2024). [Review of the book African American Political Thought and The Black Intellectual Tradition ]. African American Review, (57) 1 (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (2021). [Review of the book Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence ]. African American Review, (54) 3 (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (2020). [Review of the book Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own ]. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, (27) 6 (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (2017). [Review of the book Studio 54 ]. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. January 2018Boston: (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (). [Review of the book Images in the River: The Life and Work of Waring Cuney ]. Journal of Southern History. Forthcoming.
Conference Proceedings
Stuckey, J. K. (2024). Their Whole World in Our Hands: James Baldwin's Responsibility to Children James Baldwin Review, (10) 329-333. (Link)Stuckey, J. K. (2010). "When Literature Is Evangelical: Pedagogies of Passion" Center for the Improvement of Teaching, (Teaching for Transformation)
Other(s)
Stuckey, J. K. (). The Face of the Deep: African American Intellectuals and Alienation. Presentations
Muñoz, M., Miranda, J., Stuckey, J. K. (2024). Presented at theAn Evening with Manuel MuñozKelley, E., Falbo, A., Stuckey, J. K., LeDoux, E. A. (2024). “Inclusive Teaching Workshop for New Faculty” Presented at the Bentley University New Faculty OrientationStuckey, J. K. (2024). “James Baldwin's I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Roundtable)” Presented at the American Literature Association ALA National Conference Chicago Stuckey, J. K. (2024). “Drama, Adaptation, Performance” Presented at the American Literature Association ALA National Conference Chicago Stuckey, J. K. (2024). “James Baldwin’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Roundtable Discussion ” Presented at the Modern Language Association Modern Language Association Convention Philadelphia, PA Stuckey, J. K. (2023). “August Wilson’s Genres: Theater, Film, and Music” Presented at the ALA American Literature Association National Conference Boston Stuckey, J. K. (2023). “Young Hearts Run Free: Juvenile Sexual Rebellion in Atonement and 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days” Presented at the SCMS Society For Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference Denver, CO Stuckey, J. K. (2022). “August Wilson in Context” Presented at theAmerican Literature Association Conference Chicago Stuckey, J. K. (2021). “40 Acres and a Tax Incentive: Race, Class, and Gentrification in Do the Right Thing"” Presented at the Valente Center Era of Black Activism Bentley University Stuckey, J. K. (2021). “Bedford Avenue and Beyond: The Conceptual Landscape of August Wilson” Presented at the ALA American Literature Association Annual Conference Boston Stuckey, J. K. (2021). “Freaks and Meeks: Gender Politics in the Films of 2007” Presented at thePopular Culture Association National Conference virtual Stuckey, J. K. (2021). “James Baldwin: From Harlem to Hollywood” Andrews, B. J., Choi, S., Eijmberts, J. P., Ledley, F. D., Cleary, E., Thomas, S., Schwarzkopf, D. L., Stuckey, J. K., Davi, W., DeLeo, R., Moriarty, J., Gainsborough, J. F., Gentry, W., , C. R. (2020). “How Taxes Shape Lives” Presented at the Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences Convener, Bentley Humanities Seminar Bentley University Stuckey, J. K., Davi, W. (2020). “The Poverty Tax: Using the Neo-western to Critique Social Injustice” Presented at the Valente Center Humanities Seminar Bentley Stuckey, J. K. (2019). “The Resonance of August Wilson: The Hammer Keeps a Ringing” Presented at theAmerican Literature Association Boston, MA Stuckey, J. K. (2019). “Where and When I Labor: The Black Worker in the Collages of Romare Bearden” Presented at the PCA Popular Culture Association National Conference Washington DC Pennel, R., Abbott, T., Stuckey, K., Siomopoulos, A., LeDoux, E., Medden, S. (2019). “Teaching Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Workshop” Stuckey, J. K. (2018). ““Wakanda Wisdom: African American History and Culture for the 21st Century”” Presented at the August Wilson Society August Wilson Society Colloquium Pittsburgh Stuckey, J. K. (2018). “"I Go Forth Alone: Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit"” Presented at the ACLA American Comparative Literature Association UCLA Stuckey, J. K. (2017). “Falling Up: Broken Marriages and Soul-Killing Corporations in American Film ” Presented at thePopular Culture Association San Diego Stuckey, J. K. (2016). “Glancing Blows: The Violent Black Gaze in the Social Protest Novel” Presented at the McGill University Under Surveillance in the Space Between Conference Montreal Stuckey, J. K. (2016). “Sentimental Value: Myopic Pragmatism in the the Works of August Wilson and Toni Morrison” Presented at the ALA American Literature Association National Conference San Francisco Stuckey, J. K. (2015). “"Selma"” Presented at the Bentley University Campus Dialogue on RaceStuckey, J. K. (2014). “Rock and Roll: Groundhog Day, Office Space, and the Sisyphean Myth” Presented at the PCA/ACA Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference Chicago Stuckey, J. K. (2013). ““Fight the Power”: Black Bureaucrats in Procedural Dramas” Presented at the PCA/ACA Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference Washington DC Stuckey, J. K. (2010). “"When Literature Is Evangelical: Pedagogies of Passion"” Presented at the Center for the Improvement of Teaching Teaching for Transformation University of Massachusetts-Boston Stuckey, J. K. (2008). “"You Complete Me": Training Day, Collateral, and the Masculine Ideal” Presented at theNEMLA Boston Stuckey, J. K. (2007). “"Wrath and Tears": Religion and Rebuke in African American Memoir” Presented at theNational Association of African American Studies Baton Rouge, LA Stuckey, J. K. (2007). “The New Cassandras: Women Psychics and Seers in Television Drama” Presented at thePopular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference Boston Stuckey, J. K. (2007). “Not Gaye: Luther Vandross and the Masculinity of the Crooner” Presented at theRocky Mountain Modern Language Association Calgary, AB Stuckey, J. K. (2006). “Not Gaye: Luther Vandross and the Masculinity of the Crooner” Presented at theACA/PCA Joint Conference Atlanta, Georgia Stuckey, J. K. (2005). “De-liberating Disguises: Emasculating Isolation in Deliverance and The Shining” Presented at theACA/PCA Joint Meeting San Diego, CA Stuckey, J. K. (2004). “How to Teach Literature Well at a Business University” Presented at theBrown-bag discussion Bentley College Stuckey, J. K. (2001). “Frederick Douglass and Richard Wright: Narrative and the Crisis of Identity” Presented at theMetaphysics of the Image Conference Fordham University Stuckey, J. K. (2000). “15 Minutes and Counting: Revision, Spectatorship and the Weapon of Identity in The Talented Mr. Ripley” Presented at theEnvisioning Revisions Conference CUNY Service
Department Service
Committee Member for Barbara Paul-Emile Lecture Committee 2022 - PresentCommittee Chair for Curriculum Committee 2016 - PresentDiscussant for Research Committee - 2024Committee Member for Assistant to the Chair Search Committee / Transition Liaison 2022 - 2022Committee Member for Strategic Planning Committee 2018 - 2022nonmember service for Search Committee - 2021Task Force Member for EXP 101 Teaching Resilience Group - 2020Committee Member for Search Committee 2019 - 2019Class visit report for Evaluation Committee 2018 - 2018Class visit report for Jacob Oliver for Evaluation Committee - 2017Committee Member for Search Committee 2016 - 2017Class Visitor for Evaluation Committee - 2016Committee Member for Literature and Film Committee 2011 - 2015Class Visitor for Evaluation Committee - 2014Committee Member for Media and Culture 2008 - 2014Other for Search Committee, Lecturer lines 2014 - 2014Class Visitor for Evaluation Committee 2013 - 2013University Service
Committee Member for Bentley University Shuttle Advisory Committee 2022 - PresentGuest Speaker for MLK Committee - 2024Faculty LMS team member for Bentley University Brightspace Pilot Cohort 2023 - 2023I attended this session to provide feedback in the Strategic Positioning initiative. for Strategic Positioning Community Engagement Session - 2022Task Force Member for Transfer Friendliness Advisory Group 2021 - 2021Task Force Member for Lecturer Task Force 2020 - 2020Committee Member for Teaching and Scholarly Activities Committee 2018 - 2020Professional Service
Conference/Workshop Organizer for August Wilson Society 2018 - PresentReviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer for August Wilson Journal 2018 - 2024Reviewer, Journal Article for Orbis Litterarum - 2023Recruiter for Institute on Teaching and Mentoring 2023 - 2023
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