Education
Michaels earned his Bachelor in 1970 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1975 from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Walter Michaels
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Career
Afterwards, he taught at Johns Hopkins University (1974–1977, 1987–2001) and the University of California, Berkeley (1977–1987). Since 2001, he has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago"s Department of English, for which he has served as Head (2001–2007). "Against Theory", an article co-written by Michaels and Steven Knapp, is included in the Norton Anthology of Literary Criticism.
His study of American Naturalism, The Gold Standard and the Logic of Naturalism.
American Literature at the Turn of the Century, was published in 1987.
