Elizabeth Bohls

Elizabeth Bohls is a Professor in the Department of English at the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, University of Oregon. Her research focuses on colonial, settler colonial, and postcolonial studies, with additional interests in race, ethnicity, and indigeneity, cultural studies, feminist studies, 18th-century literary studies, and travel writing.

Research Trends: Her publications explore intersections of travel writing, colonialism, and slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing spatial politics, aesthetic theory, and gendered narratives within transatlantic and Caribbean contexts.