Susan Searls Giroux is Professor of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of five books and more than thirty articles and book chapters on US racial politics, the persistence of racism in the post–civil rights era, modern and contemporary American literature, and the history and politics of the university, which has been informed by ten years of service as vice provost and provost. She is also a licensed psychotherapist, which has greatly influenced her recent work in psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and affect.