Education

Ph.D., Duke University

Research Interests

American literature and culture, New Jersey literature, popular culture, and history of rhetoric.

Popular Articles

Featured, “Where Comics Meet Classics,” Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Monmouth: The Magazine of Monmouth University. https://www.monmouth.edu/magazine/where-comics-meet-classics/

Multimedia

English Professor Stanley Blair Hosts Local Literature Presentation at Monmouth County Library

Presentations/Invited Talks

Presentation, “Hello from Bushy Hollow: Henry Morford’s New Monmouth, Middletown NJ, c. 1838-1843”, sponsored by the Monmouth County Historical Association, September 15, 2022.

Led Q&A and panel discussion, 151^st Anniversary of the birth of Stephen Crane, co-sponsored by the Asbury Park Historical Society and the Asbury Book Cooperative, November 20, 2022. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/

“Welcome to Wanalasset, N.J.; or, Reaching Them Where They Live: On Literature and Public Relevance,” New Jersey College English Associate (NJCEA) 45^th Annual Conference, Seton Hall University, March 18, 2023.

“Margaret Widdemer: A Special Women’s History Month Tribute,” sponsored by the Asbury Park Historical Society, March 26, 2023. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-presents-on-local-writer-margaret-widdemer/

Emcee and discussion leader. Reading from Burning Boy by Paul Auster. Annual Stephen Crane Commemoration, Crane House, Asbury Park Historical Society, Nov. 2023. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/ 

Additional Information

SERVICE:

Interim Dean, Honors School, 2016-2017

Assistant Dean, Honors School, 2015-2016, 2017

Director of Writing, 2001-2009.

Advisor (1997-2010), The Monmouth Review