D.A. Vivian

D.A. Vivian, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of French at Soka University. Her research focuses on intersections of postcolonial studies, ecocriticism, and Caribbean literature. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature & French from UC Santa Barbara.

Her academic work explores themes such as animal studies, gender studies, and science fiction studies, with a particular emphasis on decolonial ecologies and urban discourses. She has presented at conferences including the American Comparative Literature Association and Association for Literary Urban Studies.

Key publications include a forthcoming book project on decolonial ecologies in Francophone Caribbean literature and articles analyzing works by Jacques Stéphen Alexis, Yanick Lahens, and Patrick Chamoiseau. Her writing bridges environmental humanities with postcolonial theory, examining how literary narratives challenge anthropocentric paradigms.

She teaches in the Department of French and contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on environmental resilience, trauma, and multiculturalism in urban contexts.