Anthony DiGesare

Adjunct Professor

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English

B.A., Cultural Studies, Empire State College
M.A., English, Buffalo State College
Ph.D. Candidate, English, McMaster University

Email
(716) 888-2650
Office
CT 910

Anthony DiGesare's research and interests include postcolonial literature, Sam Selvon, American film, Black British film, writing and rhetoric, and Cultural Studies. He is currently working on a dissertation “No Recourse”: Menelik Shabazz, Horace Ové, and Black British Cinema (1968-1981) at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies department. He has been teaching at both Canisius University and Buffalo State College since 2016.

Awards

  • Best Graduate Essay Award and Scholarship at Buffalo State for a conference paper entitled,
  • “Confining Country, Confining City: Real and Imaginary Places in Caribbean Cinema", 2015.
  • Outstanding Master’s Thesis award at Buffalo State College, 2016.

Publications

  • "Bread, Onions, and the Buffer Zone." The Public. 24 December 2014, Buffalo, NY: 18-19. Print.
  • "Highway 62 Revisited." The Public. 27 October 2016, Buffalo, NY: 15-17. Print.
  • "How to Educate Yourself on (not so) Popular Music." Per Niente. 11.2 (2015):16-18. Print.
  • "How Tribe and a Walkman Changed my Life.” The Public. 23 March 2016. Web.
  • "The Nostalgia Trap." The Public. 24 April 2016. Web.