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Carrie Tirado Bramen

Professor of English
University at Buffalo

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

U.S. cultural and intellectual history; feminist and gender studies; critical race studies; 19th-century American literature; U.S.-Latinx literature; history of astrology

Carrie Tirado Bramen is an expert on the cultural and intellectual history of the United States. She can speak to media about a broad range of issues in these areas, including topics relating to feminism (such as #MeToo), gender studies and critical race studies.

Bramen’s work as a scholar has focused, in part, on understanding the culture of the United States and the history of “American exceptionalism.” She is author of two books published by Harvard University Press: “American Niceness: A Cultural History,” and “The Uses of Variety: Modern Americanism and the Quest for National Distinctiveness.”

She has also researched and written extensively on a variety of other topics, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, the history of religion in the U.S., and the cultural history of astrology.

Bramen previously served as director of the UB Gender Institute, a university-wide research center that promotes research and teaching related to women, gender and sexuality.