Joya Uraizee

Joya Uraizee is a Professor in the Department of English at Saint Louis University’s College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in postcolonial literature and theory. Her research spans African women's writing, trauma studies, child soldier narratives, and refugee literature, with a focus on intersecting themes of gender, violence, and cultural memory.

Her recent publications include the monograph Writing That Breaks Stones: African Child Soldier Narratives (2020) and articles analyzing postcolonial cinema, queer narratives in Eastern African literature, and ecological violence in Nigerian fiction. She has contributed to critical anthologies on war cinema, migration, and feminist theory.

Dr. Uraizee actively mentors graduate students in African and African American literature, postcolonial theory, and trauma studies. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to understanding conflict, identity, and cultural representation through literary and filmic lenses.