Faculty Profile
Cotten Seiler
Professor of American Studies (2002)
Contact Information
Denny Hall Room 312
717-245-1027
Bio
My research and teaching focuses on U.S. cultural and intellectual history, race, political theory, and infrastructure humanities. I am the author of Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America (Chicago, 2008) and White Care: The Impact of Race on American Infrastructure (Chicago, 2026), and essays in journals such as American Quarterly, Public Culture, Social Text, Reviews in American History, American Historical Review, Transfers, and History & Technology. I am a frequent media commentator on US politics, automobility, race, and infrastructure.
Education
- B.A., Northwestern University, 1990
- Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2002