Erin Forbes joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming in 2009, where she teaches American and African American literature from contact through the twentieth century. She teaches the following courses:
Introduction to African American Literature (ENGL/AADS 2350)
Literatures in English III, 1865-the present (ENGL 2435)
American Prose 1865-1920 (ENGL 4370)
Literature of Enslavement (ENGL/AADS 4990/5990)
American Gothic (ENGL 5230)
Finalist for the Zuckerman Prize in American Studies, McNeil Center for Early American Studies (2010)
A&S Student Council Thumb’s Up Award, University of Wyoming (2010)
Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society (2008)
American Studies Summer Research Prize, Princeton University (2008)
Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton (2007-08)
Princeton Center for the Study of Religion Research Award (2006-07)
Phi Beta Kappa (2002)
