Jolene Hubbs

Jolene Hubbs is Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama, specializing in 20th-century U.S. literature, Southern fiction, and intersections of race, gender, and class in literary modernity. Her work bridges media studies, ethnic studies, and social activism frameworks.

• B.A., Scripps College
• M.A. and Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Focus: Hubbs examines literary modernism through Southern cultural contexts. Her recent scholarship explores eugenics narratives, food insecurity in contemporary Southern women's writing, and racialized media representations from the Gilded Age to the present. She contributes to transnational American studies and queer theory via analyses of authors like Samuel R. Delany and Flannery O’Connor.

Publication Trends: Over the past two decades, her work has prioritized critical race theory, feminist approaches, and interdisciplinary methodologies. Key themes include normativity challenges, racial segregation's literary legacies, and the evolution of Southern identity in global contexts.