Carol W.N. Fadda

Carol W.N. Fadda is an Associate Professor at Syracuse University's Department of English and affiliated with the Women's and Gender Studies, LGBTQ Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies programs. Her work bridges Arab American/Diasporic SWANA studies, critical race theory, transnational American studies, and carceral critique.

• Ph.D. in Contemporary American Literature, Purdue University (2006)
• M.A. and B.A. in English, American University of Beirut (1998, 1994)

Her research interrogates US empire logics and their impact on racialized communities through frameworks like:

• Transnational Citizenship and Belonging
• Carceral State Practices (Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib)
• Gender and Militarization
• Anti-Assimilationist Narratives
• Global Anglophone Cultures
• Black-Arab Racial Solidarities

Recent publications and projects include:

• Co-PI for the $500,000 Mellon-funded Black-Arab Relationalities Initiative (2023-2025)
• 2022 Feminist Formations article on academic collaborations and crises
• 2022 co-edited Sajjilu Arab American: A Reader in SWANA Studies
• 2024 panels on carceral cartographies and feminist SWANA studies

Scientific awards:

• Excellence in Graduate Education Award (2022)
• Multiple grants from NEH, CUSE, and Mellon Foundation

As Series Editor for Syracuse University Press' Critical Arab American Studies book series and mentor in English graduate programs, she shapes academic discourse on race, gender, and empire.