"Teaching Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature" will take place at the University of Houston from June 24–27, 2025. Topics to be addressed include modernism; the Harlem Renaissance; mid-century confessional poetry; literature of the civil rights movement; and commonly taught texts such as The Great Gatsby, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Crucible, The Bluest Eye, and The House on Mango Street.
Greg Barnhisel (Duquesne University) will serve as the faculty director for the institute. Presenters include Amanda Golden (New York Institute of Technology), Jennifer Freeman Marshall (Purdue University), Jonna Perrillo (The University of Texas at El Paso), Mona Choucair and Ryan Sharp of Baylor University, and Patricia M. García and David Kornhaber of The University of Texas at Austin.