John Ernest

John Ernest is the Judge Hugh M. Morris Professor and Department Chair of English at the University of Delaware. He is author of over forty-five essays and author or editor of thirteen books, including Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History (2009), and The Oxford Handbook of the African American Slave Narrative (2014). With Stephanie Lee, he is the co-editor of Elements in Race and US Literature and Culture, a series published by Cambridge University Press.

John Ernest is the Judge Hugh M. Morris Professor and Department Chair of English at the University of Delaware. He is author of over forty-five essays and author or editor of thirteen books, including Chaotic Justice: Rethinking African American Literary History (2009), and The Oxford Handbook of the African American Slave Narrative (2014). With Stephanie Lee, he is the co-editor of Elements in Race and US Literature and Culture, a series published by Cambridge University Press. See less