Evan Watkins

Ph.D. University of Iowa, English, 1972
B.A. University of Kansas, English and Philosophy, 1968

Grants and Awards

• Samuel Sloan Fellowship, University of Iowa, 1972-73
• Fulbright-Hays Research Grant, Italy, 1978-79
• College of the Liberal Arts, Distinction in the Humanities Award, Pennsylvania State University, 2000

Publications

• Class Degrees: Smart Work, Managed Choice, and the Transformation of Higher Education. Fordham University Press, 2008
• Everyday Exchanges: Marketwork and Capitalist Common Sense. Stanford University Press, 1998.
• Throwaways: Work Culture and Consumer Education. Stanford University Press, 1993.
• Work Time: English Departments and the Circulation of Cultural Value. Stanford University Press, 1989.
• The Critical Act: Criticism and Community. Yale University Press, 1978.

Books in Progress

• Literacy Work in the Reign of Human Capital, Fordham University Press, forthcoming, spring, 2015.

Email: epwatkins@ucdavis.edu