Russell Cobb, BA, MA, PhD
Pronouns: he/him
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts - Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Dept
- rcobb@ualberta.ca
Director Graduate, Faculty of Arts - Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Dept
- rcobb@ualberta.ca
- Availability
- Contact me via email
Overview
About
Dr. Russell Cobb is a writer, media producer, and instructor at the University of Alberta, where he is the Coordinator of the Media Studies Program and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies. His latest book, to be released summer 2024, is titled The Ghosts of Crook County: An Oil Fortune, a Phantom Child, and the Fight for Indigenous Land (Beacon Press). His book The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America’s Weirdest State (Bison Books) won a Director’s Special Merit Award from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries in 2021. His nonfiction writing has appeared in Slate, NPR, The New York Times, and The Nation, among other places. The 2018 Netflix film “Come Sunday” is based on his story “Heretics” for This American Life. He hosts a radio show and podcast called History X about history not on the syllabus. He enjoys playing basketball, bass guitar, and running through Edmonton’s majestic river valley.