Nancy A. Comorau

Nancy A. Comorau is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Ohio Wesleyan University, serving as First-Year Writing Director. Her research focuses on postcolonial, black British, and contemporary British literature, emphasizing the novel's historical development and minority literatures' relationship to canonical works. She is currently writing a book on postcolonial novelistic conceptions of place and belonging.

Education:

• B.A., Wake Forest University
• M.A., Villanova University
• Ph.D., University of Maryland – College Park

Comorau teaches courses such as Race, Power, and Identity in Postcolonial Literature, Reading the Global Kitchen, and Caribbean Women Writers. She has organized Travel-Learning Courses exploring black British literature and Irish literary politics, leading students to Listowel Writers Week in Ireland and the African Film Festival in NYC. Her work bridges literary analysis with experiential learning.

Awards:

• 2019-2021 Libuse L. Reed Endowed Professorship

Grants & Initiatives:

• Directed Theory-to-Practice Grants for cultural immersion programs

Labs/Teams: Engaged in OWU's College Writing Seminar program and collaborates with interdisciplinary humanities initiatives.