Lisa Roy Vox
Professional Title: Lecturer
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
US religious history, history of ideas
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: US history
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
African-American History; World Civilizations; US and the World
Education: MA, PhD, History, Emory University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Vox, Lisa. Review of Tom Wolfe's, I Am Charlotte Simmons (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004). History News Network. 20 December 2004.
- Vox, Lisa. “The Death Wish of Humanity: Scientific and Religious Apocalypticism in the United States, 1859-2001.” Ph.D. diss., Emory University, 2010.
- Vox, Lisa. “The Evangelical Horror Writer: Spiritual Warfare in Stephen King's Works.” Paper to be presented at the annual Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11-14, 2012.
- Vox, Lisa. “'God Damn You All—I Told You So': British and American Visions of the End, 1945-1991.” Paper to be presented at annual American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 15-18, 2012.
Fun Facts: Lisa has a private Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathon every year.