Research Expertise and Interest

Scandinavian, Swedish literature and culture 1870 to the present, August Strindberg, Ingmar Bergman, visual autobiography, literature and the visual arts, ecology and culture, film, whiteness studies

Research Description

Linda Haverty Rugg's recent research interests include Swedish literature and culture, August Strindberg, Ingmar Bergman, written and visual autobiography (including photography and film); literature and the visual arts, ecocriticism, portraiture (Gustavus Hesslius, artist, 18th century), Swedish colonial history in America, Native Americans and Swedes.

Linda Haverty Rugg was the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research from 2018 - 2023.