Jennifer Gustar

Jennifer Gustar is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan, specializing in Contemporary Women’s Writing and Postcolonial Literature. Her research employs feminist and postcolonial frameworks to analyze works by authors like Kamila Shamsie and Sarah Waters.

• University: University of British Columbia Okanagan
• School: Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
• Department: Department of English and Cultural Studies
• Academic Rank: Associate Professor

Research Interests: Jennifer focuses on contemporary women’s literature from the UK, South Asia, and diasporic communities, examining how these works reframe history, ethics, and social change through postcolonial and feminist lenses. She is currently writing a book on British women writers including Helen Oyeyemi and Bernardine Evaristo.

Publication Trends: Her scholarship spans feminist aesthetics, postcolonial trauma, and narrative subversion. Recent works analyze Angela Carter’s playful style and postmemory in South Asian diasporic literature.

• Graduate Supervisions: Brianne Christensen (MA), Dravida Huda (MA), Jannik Eichenaar (PhD)
• Professional Affiliations: Reviews Editor for Contemporary Women’s Writing, UBCO representative for ACCUTE, Co-editor of Bloomsbury Series: Global Women’s Writing