Contact Information

on sabbatical 2024-25

seilerc@dickinson.edu

Denny Hall Room 312
717-245-1921

Bio

My research and teaching focuses on U.S. cultural and intellectual history, critical race theory, and cultural studies. My book, Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2008, and my essays have appeared 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 racial politics, automobility, and popular culture.

Education

• B.A., Northwestern University, 1990
• Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2002