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Rick Livingston

Rick Livingston

Rick Livingston

Senior Lecturer

livingston.28@osu.edu

159 Hagerty Hall
1775 S. College Road
Columbus, OH
43210

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Areas of Expertise

  • Literary and Cultural Theory
  • Post-Colonial Studies
  • 20th Century Literature

Education

  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Yale University

Rick Livingston has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University (1990), and teaches regularly in the Department of Comparative Studies. Long-standing research interests include literary and cultural theory, postcolonial studies and 20th century literature; more recently, he has been working on the cultural dimensions of sustainability. He’s been part of the Advisory Group to  the President's Council on Sustainability, serves as a Cultural Facilitator in OSU's Excellence to Eminence Initiative, and is an active member of OSU's Art of Hosting Conversations That Matter community of practice.