He received his Ph.D. in Theory, Media, and Cultural Studies from the Graduate Center, City University of New York in 1991. He is completing a book on Theory's Imaginary: Philosophical Tradition and Literary Studies Since the Sixties. Professor McDonald offers courses in 19th and 20th Century American literature, women's writing, modernism, and the American Renaissance. His interest in contemporary philosophy has led him to conduct research on Emmanuel Lévinas, on whom he has developed a Judaic Studies course. Website | Email