He received his Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of six books: four scholarly monographs and a novel.
His research has so far focused on two areas of American studies: literature and poverty, and literature and war. His third area of inquiry is the history and literature of modern medicine and illness.
“People thinking that, regardless of age, they are liable to die if they get Covid, leads to panic if they become ill or get a positive test. In turn, panic likely leads to some unnecessary Covid deaths among all age groups, accelerates the death rate in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, and fuels chronic or ‘long-haul’ coronavirus…