Timothy Aubry

Timothy Aubry is an associate professor of English and deputy chair of the English  Department at Baruch College (CUNY), specializing in American Literature from the 20th and 21st century, contemporary fiction, literary theory and criticism, and popular culture. He received his BA from Amherst College and his PhD from Princeton. His first book, Reading as Therapy: What Contemporary Fiction Does for Middle-Class Americans (2011), explores the various therapeutic and practical purposes that contemporary American fiction serves for its readers. He is presently working on a new book project focused on the role of aesthetic judgment in contemporary academic scholarship. His articles have appeared in PMLA, Modern Fiction Studies, Contemporary Literature, N+1, The Point, Paper Monument, and The Millions. At Baruch, he teaches courses in American literature, the modern novel, and world literature.