Richard Yarborough
· Professor Emeritus of English & African American StudiesUniversity of California, Los Angeles · African American Studies
Active 1981–2020
About
Richard Yarborough is Professor of English at UCLA, where he teaches African American literature and 19th- and 20th-century American fiction. He is also a Faculty Research Associate with UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, which he directed for six years. His research focuses on African American literature, and he has published extensively in the field.
Research topics
- History
- Art
- Art history
- Sociology
- Literature
Frequent coauthors
- 10 shared
Paul Lauter
- 7 shared
John Alberti
Northern Kentucky University
- 6 shared
KK Cheung
University of California, Los Angeles
- 5 shared
Mary Pat Brady
- 5 shared
Sandra A. Zagarell
- 5 shared
Wendy Martin
Brunel University of London
- 5 shared
James Kyung-Jin Lee
- 5 shared
Jackson R. Bryer
Awards & honors
- UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987
- Outstanding Faculty Member by the African Student Union in 1…
- commendations from the City of Los Angeles in 1990 and the C…
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