Jinny Huh of Burlington is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Vermont, specializing in comparative race studies and detective fiction. She authored The Arresting Eye: Race and the Anxiety of Detection (University of Virginia Press) in 2015. Jinny earned a Ph.D in English from the University of Southern California, a M.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a B.A. from the University of California at Irvine.
Our seasonal “Words in the Woods” program allows Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors.
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