Erin R. McCoy

Erin R. McCoy is an Associate Professor of English & Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. Her forthcoming book, about the cultural historiography of the Viet Nam War through music, is under contract with McFarland Publishers. For that book, Dr. McCoy traveled to Australia, Laos, Cambodia, and of course, Viet Nam with the help of USC RISE funding. Dr. McCoy lectures on music as a lens with which to look at history and culture and has presented her research around the world. She has been a guest on Vietnam Veterans Podcast, and her recent essay (March 2021) on Feminism in Higher Education was featured in the Oh, the Humanities newsletter.