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Timothy Bewes is the Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at Brown University , where he has taught since 2004. His research bridges contemporary fiction , poststructuralist theory , Marxist literary analysis , and postcolonial studies , with a focus on the politics and ethics of literary form . He has held fellowships at the Pembroke Center and Cogut Institute for the Humanities , and co-edits the Film-Thinking series. Education : DPhil and MA from University of Sussex , BA from University of North London . Bewes' scholarship interrogates the ontological status of fiction and the materiality of literary works , as seen in his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning book Free Indirect: The Novel in a Postfictional Age (2022). His recent articles explore intersections between novel theory , Black studies , and Deleuzean philosophy , emphasizing repetition , dialogicality , and anti-representational frameworks . Notable awards include the L. S. Dembo Prize (2015) and Chesler-Mallow Senior Faculty Research Fellowship (2012-13). He teaches courses such as The Terrible Century , Capitalism & its Metamorphoses , and Bakhtin and the Political Present .

• Contemporary Fiction
• Aesthetic Theory
• Poststructuralist Literary Theory
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Carl Grant serves as a Professor at the School of Education, University of Wisconsin–Madison, with his office located in the Teacher Education Building at 225 N Mills St, Madison, WI. His academic foundation includes: PhD in Curriculum and instruction from University of Wisconsin-Madison (1972) M Ed in Curriculum and Supervision from Loyola University (1962) BS in Biology from Tennessee State University (1959) Professor Grant's research centers on Multicultural Education , Social Justice in Education , and Black Intellectual Thought , with pioneering work on W.E.B. Du Bois, Anna Julia Cooper, and intersectionality frameworks. His scholarship critically examines neoliberal impacts on urban schooling and advocates for educational equity through historical and contemporary lenses. Analysis of his 2012-2018 publications reveals consistent thematic focus on social justice pedagogy, Black intellectual traditions, and structural critiques of education systems. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications for teacher preparation and curriculum development. Prestigious recognitions include: Damen Award from Loyola University, Chicago (2014) Doctor of Humane Letters from University of San Francisco (2014) Psi Delta Kappa Laurate (2013) American Education Research Association Social Justice Award (2010) Professional Development Program Award for Preparing Teachers to Work Effectively with Diverse (1987) As a leading scholar in multicultural education, Grant has profoundly influenced teacher education curricula and social justice initiatives through extensive publications, keynote addresses, and mentorship, though specific grant details remain unlisted in available sources.

• Multicultural Education
• Social Justice in Education
• Black Intellectual Thought
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Daniel Medin serves as Professor at The American University of Paris within the Department of Comparative Literature and English History and Politics, joining the faculty in January 2010 after teaching positions at Stanford University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Free University Berlin. His academic credentials include: PhD, Washington University in St. Louis MA, Washington University in St. Louis BA, University of Connecticut Professor Medin's research centers on contemporary international fiction and the global reception of Franz Kafka , with significant contributions to Central European literary studies. His scholarly focus extends to autobiographical writing , editorial practices for translated fiction , and small prose forms , consistently examining cross-cultural literary exchange through interdisciplinary lenses that bridge literature, history, and translation theory. Analysis of his recent publications reveals a pronounced trajectory toward edited volumes spotlighting global literary voices across European, Asian, and Latin American traditions. His work demonstrates sustained engagement with translation as cultural mediation and Kafka's enduring legacy in contemporary writing, frequently connecting literary analysis with musical composition through collaborations with composers and musicians. His distinguished recognition includes: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship As director of the Center for Writers and Translators and editor of the Cahiers Series, Professor Medin cultivates transnational literary networks through institutional leadership rather than traditional grant-funded research. His extensive involvement with literary prizes—including the International Booker Prize and European Union Prize for Literature—complements his editorial work at publications like Music & Literature and Schreibheft. He actively shapes contemporary discourse through the Center for Writers and Translators, organizing events that connect authors, translators, and scholars across linguistic boundaries. His recent festival appearances at Cheltenham, Bergen, and Dublin highlight ongoing commitment to examining Kafka's relevance and fostering dialogue about global literary trends.

• Contemporary International Fiction
• Franz Kafka Studies
• Central European History and Literature
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Glenda R. Carpio is the Powell M. Cabot Professor of English and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in English from UC Berkeley and a B.A. from Vassar College. Her research focuses on African American literature, humor studies, and intersections of race, immigration, and cultural identity. She has published critically acclaimed works like Laughing Fit to Kill and co-edited African American Literary Studies . Her teaching spans Harvard, NYU, and Compton schools through Teach for America. Notable awards include the Harvard Abramson Teaching Award and a Fulbright Fellowship. She is affiliated with the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute and has advised initiatives like Fuerza Latina. Current projects explore immigration narratives in American literature. Her interdisciplinary work bridges literature, art, and historical memory, with contributions to Daedalus , American Literature , and Chronicle of Higher Education . She advises Harvard undergraduates and engages in public discourse on race and culture.

• African American Literature
• Latino/a U.S. Literature
• Race and Popular Culture
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Professor Owen Davies is a faculty member at the University of Hertfordshire , affiliated with the History Department at the School of Creative Arts . His research spans witchcraft , magic , supernatural beliefs , and folklore , with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches integrating archaeology, anthropology, and biomedical studies. Key research areas : Witchcraft, Domestic Magic, Medical History, Electrification, Public History. Recent projects : AHRC-funded 'StoryMachine', Leverhulme 'Inner Lives', Wellcome Trust 'Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse', and a new AHRC 3-year study on witch bottles. Selected publications : America Bewitched (2013), The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic (2017), Troubled by Faith (2023). Awards : Funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust, and Leverhulme Trust. Collaborates with institutions like Museum of London Archaeology and University of Essex. Leads community engagement via the Heritage Hub and 'Electric Generations' exhibition.

• Witchcraft
• Magic
• Supernatural Beliefs
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Susan Scheckel is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Stony Brook University, specializing in American literature and culture before 1900. Her research spans the history of race, visual and print cultures, theories of nationalism, and medical history in the U.S. context. Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley (1992) Teaches courses on 19th-century American literature, Civil War culture, and Gothic literature Current research focuses on nostalgia as a medical and cultural concept in U.S. history Her publications explore intersections of race, gender, and medicine in 19th-century American literature and visual culture, including award-winning analyses of indigenous representation and national identity. Awards include NEH Summer Fellowships, the Don D. Walker Prize, and SCMLA Book Prize. She has taught at the University of Memphis, University of Southern California, and Stony Brook since 2000. Email: Susan.Scheckel@stonybrook.edu Office: Humanities 2091

• American literature and culture before 1900
• History of race in the United States
• U.S. visual and popular print cultures before 1900
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Joanna Pawlik is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Art History at the University of Sussex, within the School of Media, Arts and Humanities. Her research focuses on modern art and literature, emphasizing transnationalism, avant-gardism, and protest movements. She has been funded by prestigious grants like the Leverhulme Trust and the AHRC. Her 2021 monograph Remade in America , awarded the MSA First Book Prize, examines Surrealism's role in American activism post-1940. Current research explores fascist iconography in American art (1945–1980), funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship. Education: PhD in Art History, University of Sussex (2003–2008) MA in Art History, York University, Canada (2021–2022) BA Hons in Art History, University of East Anglia (2018–2021) Research Interests: Her work investigates surrealism's transnational legacies, anti-fascist art, feminist/queer methodologies, and postwar American visual culture. She examines how surrealist principles intersect with race, gender, class, and activism in movements like the Beat Generation and Black Arts Movement. Grants & Awards: Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2020–2022) Leverhulme Trust Grant 'Radical America: Afterlives' (2016) MSA First Book Prize (2021) Professional Activities: Co-director of the SAVAnT Doctoral School promoting interdisciplinary American visual studies. Supervises PhD projects on postwar American art, anti-fascism, and feminist/queer art history. Engages in public scholarship through interviews and exhibitions.

• Modern Art
• Avant-Gardism
• Surrealism
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Christopher Freeburg is a Professor of English and holder of the Presidential Humanities and Social Sciences Endowed Chair at the University of Illinois. He is affiliated with the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. His work focuses on African American literature, Black cultural studies, and the historical intersections of slavery and media aesthetics. Freeburg holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2006). Research interests include the evolution of Black cultural life from slavery to modernity, the Atlantic World’s impact on racial narratives, and the interior life in Black aesthetics. He is currently completing Soul: A Brief History of Black Cultural Life (Yale UP, 2026) and a project on Black humanity. Notable publications include Counterlife: Slavery after Resistance and Social Death (2021), Black Aesthetics and the Interior Life (2017), and Melville and the Idea of Blackness (2012), which earned the HRI Prize for Research in the Humanities (2014). He has served on editorial boards for American Literature , Leviathan , and J19 . Awards: Hennig Cohen Prize (2012), HRI Prize (2014), Honorable Mention HRI Prize (2018) Editorial Roles: Editorial board memberships since 2012 Labs/Teams: Active in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory

• African American Literature
• Slavery in the Atlantic World
• Black Aesthetics
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Nancy Mock is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health Systems and Development at Tulane University's School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. She holds affiliated faculty status at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Her academic journey includes a B.S. in Biology from Yale University (1976), an M.P.H. in International Health from Tulane (1979), and a Dr.P.H. in International Health from Tulane (1985). Dr. Mock's research focuses on global health systems, evaluation methodologies, complex emergencies, and health systems in Latin America and Africa. Notable areas include Haiti's public health challenges and Rwanda's educational health programs. She has directed key institutions like the Center for International Resource Development and contributed to the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS). Her work is supported by major grants, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant (2007), USAID's Regional Public Health Leadership Initiative (2006-2007), and Rwanda-focused projects (2000-2004). She has consulted for organizations such as the World Food Program, UNICEF, and the Pan American Health Organization. Fluent in French and Spanish, her overseas experience spans Honduras and extensive fieldwork in Africa and Asia.

• Global Health Systems
• International Health Development
• Evaluation Research
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Utathya Chattopadhyaya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in Modern South Asian and British Imperial History with intersecting interests in the Indian Ocean World, Global History, and Commodity History. His research combines critical materialist and anti-imperial frameworks to analyze colonial agrarian frontiers, intoxicant commodities, and social dynamics of caste, class, and gender. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including commodity histories, South Asian public culture, and historical methods. Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2018) His recent publications focus on cannabis regulation, colonial political economy, and multispecies entanglements in imperial contexts. He has received prestigious fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, UC Humanities Division, and the Mellon Foundation. Chattopadhyaya co-teaches interdisciplinary courses on topics such as race, colonialism, and cannabis history, contributing to emerging scholarship in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) and decolonial studies. Chattopadhyaya's research clusters around British imperialism's material impacts, particularly in eastern Bengal's agrarian transformations and intoxicant commodity systems. His work synthesizes historical methods with critical plant studies and gender analysis, producing innovative insights into colonial governance and resistance. He actively engages with graduate students in comparative history and Indian Ocean World studies. "Ganja and the Godhead" (2024) - Colonial cosmologies and cannabis "Colonial Capitalism" (2024) - Economic structures of empire "Bodies that Cohere" (2023) - Gender analysis in colonial contexts Key awards include the Margaret T. Getman Service to Students Award (2024), Regents Humanities Fellowship (2022-23), and ACLS Fellowship (2021-22). His scholarly activities intersect with research clusters in Science, Technology and Society; Race, Blackness and Abolition; and Global Antiquity.

• Modern South Asian History
• British Imperial History
• Indian Ocean World
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Dr. Omotoyosi Odukomaiya serves as Assistant Professor of English at Hope College, where she commenced her teaching career in Fall 2023. Her role encompasses instructing courses in American ethnic literature, Black science fiction, and women's literature while advising the English Club to cultivate critical literary engagement. Her academic credentials include: Ph.D. in English Literature, Southern Illinois University (2023) MBA, Webster University (2016) M.Sc. in Marketing Communication, University of Birmingham, UK (2010) B.A. in English Language and Literature, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria (2005) Dr. Odukomaiya's research centers on Black science fiction and women's literature , critically examining intersections of race, gender, and technology. Her work investigates how marginalized voices challenge dominant narratives through decolonial futurism , historical trauma analysis, and diasporic identity construction. She emphasizes the transformative potential of speculative fiction in envisioning liberated futures for Black communities globally. Her scholarship consistently explores Africanfuturism and feminist science fiction through analyses of authors like Nnedi Okorafor, Tade Thompson, and Octavia Butler. Recurring themes include diaspora identity negotiation, historical reclamation, and gendered resistance within speculative frameworks, bridging literary criticism with critical race and gender theory. Scientific Awards: None documented in source materials As faculty advisor for Hope College's English Club, Dr. Odukomaiya mentors students in literary exploration and critical discourse. She develops curricula that interrogate cultural representations and center diverse literary traditions, prioritizing inclusive pedagogy that examines identity, power structures, and narrative sovereignty across historical and contemporary contexts.

• Black Science Fiction
• Women's Literature
• African Diaspora Studies
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Dr. Apala Das is a Research Fellow at Bilkent University, specializing in 20th-century global anglophone literatures, modernist poetry and poetics, and postsecularism studies. Her academic work bridges postcolonial theory, South Asian literatures, and political theology within transnational frameworks. Her educational background includes a PhD from the University of Toronto, completed in 2024. Dr. Das's research centers on modernist asceticism as a critical lens for examining literary experiments by figures like Rabindranath Tagore, Hilda Doolittle, Aurobindo Ghose, and May Sinclair. She investigates how these writers negotiated ascetical ideals within colonial and postcolonial contexts, connecting literary form to biopolitics, secular citizenship, and ethno-nationalist ideologies. Her approach synthesizes postcolonial ethics, comparative literature, and political theology to analyze transnational modernist aesthetics. Her publications from 2018-2024 reveal consistent engagement with mobility, hybridity, and spiritual dimensions across literary traditions. Early work analyzed mobility in ethnography and Romantic-era travel, evolving toward contemporary meta-minimalist fiction and systematic studies of asceticism in global modernism. Dr. Das has received significant recognition for her scholarship: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (awarded twice) Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship from the Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto Khashu Award for Tagore Studies from the Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley As a recent PhD graduate, she has not yet taken on formal graduate advising roles. Her research has been supported by competitive doctoral grants including the Ontario Graduate Scholarships and Chancellor Jackman Junior Fellowship, with current work funded through the Bilkent University/British Institute at Ankara Joint Fellowship. Dr. Das is actively developing her book manuscript "Modernist Asceticisms: Discipline, Form, and the Postsecular in the Transnational Twentieth Century" while participating in academic initiatives like the 2024 book launch for "Mind and Embodiment in Late Victorian Literature".

• 20th-century global anglophone literatures
• modernist poetry and poetics
• postsecularism studies
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Desmond Jagmohan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in American Politics, Political Theory & Philosophy, and Race and Ethnic Politics. Born in Guyana and raised in Chicago after migrating at sixteen, he served in the U.S. military before pursuing academia. His research focuses on the politics of the oppressed, with particular attention to African American political thought under conditions of subjugation. Dr. Jagmohan's research interests span the History of American and African American Political Thought, Race and American Political Development, History of Conservatism, Property, Slavery, and Nationalism, and Caribbean Political Thought. His work examines how marginalized communities navigate oppression through strategies that often require deception and concealment, as evidenced in his forthcoming book Dark Virtues: Booker T. Washington's Tragic Realism which analyzes Washington's politics of deception under Jim Crow. His recent publications reveal a consistent focus on resistance strategies of the oppressed, with articles examining Harriet Jacobs, Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and theoretical frameworks for understanding racial oppression. His scholarship bridges historical analysis with contemporary political theory, particularly exploring how anger functions as a political emotion for oppressed communities. 2025 Social Science Distinguished Teaching Award at UC Berkeley Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton's University Center for Human Values (2022-23) National Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford (2018) APSA Best Dissertation Award from the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section (2015) Before joining Berkeley, Dr. Jagmohan taught at Princeton as Assistant Professor of Politics and held the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preceptorship. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University and his B.A. in Philosophy and History from Northeastern Illinois University. His teaching portfolio includes courses on the history of American and African American political thought, race and American political development, political culture, and a recurring seminar on resistance.

• American Politics
• Political Theory
• African American Political Thought
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Nizar F. Hermes serves as Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia, concurrently holding the position of Director of Graduate Studies. His office is located in 141 New Cabell Hall, with Spring 2025 office hours held Tuesdays from 12:00-3:00 PM. He maintains dual professional email contacts through the university system. His academic foundation includes: PhD in Comparative Literature, University of Toronto Dr. Hermes' research program centers on North African and Mediterranean literary traditions, with deep specialization in premodern Arabic-Islamic cultural production. His work investigates poetic representations of urban spaces, cross-cultural encounters between the Islamic world and Europe, and the transmission of literary heritage across the Mediterranean. Particular attention is given to Maghribī poetic imagination, elegiac traditions, and the intersection of literature with food history and refugee experiences. His methodological approach combines close textual analysis with historical contextualization to reveal continuities in Arab literary consciousness. Analysis of his recent publications (2014-2025) reveals three dominant scholarly trajectories: 1) The literary reconstruction of North African cities through poetic elegies, 2) Cross-cultural encounters documented in Arabic travel literature and folk poetry, and 3) The representation of European 'others' in medieval Arabic texts. His 2024 monograph 'Of Lost Cities' synthesizes these threads while his edited volume 'The City in Arabic Literature' (2018) establishes foundational frameworks for urban studies in Arabic literary criticism. No scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the source materials. While his role as Director of Graduate Studies indicates active mentorship responsibilities, specific student advisees and grant funding details were not provided in the available documentation. His scholarly output demonstrates sustained engagement with graduate education through publications on teaching methodologies for Arabic humanistic literature. No dedicated research laboratories or formal collaborative teams were referenced, though his co-edited volumes and multi-author publications suggest active participation in scholarly communities focused on Mediterranean studies and comparative literature.

• North African and Mediterranean Studies
• Premodern Arabic-Islamic Studies
• Comparative and World Literatures and Cultures
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Ato Quayson is the Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Stanford University, where he also chairs the Department of African and African American Studies. He previously held professorships at New York University (2017–2019) and the University of Toronto (2005–2017), where he was inaugural director of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies and became a University Professor (2016), the university's highest honor. His academic journey includes a B.A. (First Class Honors) in English and Arabic from the University of Ghana (1989) and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Cambridge (1995). He held a Junior Research Fellowship at Wolfson College, Oxford, and was a Reader in Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literature at Cambridge (1995–2005), concurrently directing the Centre for African Studies and serving as Pembroke College Fellow. Quayson’s research explores postcolonial literature, urban studies, disability studies, and cultural theory. His work bridges global and local contexts, with notable publications such as Oxford Street, Accra (Urban History Association Prize) and Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature (Warren-Brooks Prize). He co-edits the Cambridge History of Postcolonial Literature and chairs initiatives like Contours: The Cambridge Literary Studies Hour . His accolades include fellowships from the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006), the Royal Society of Canada (2013), the British Academy (2019), and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023). He has also served as President of the African Studies Association (2019–2020). Quayson curates the YouTube channel Critic.Reading.Writing , discussing literature and urban studies, and teaches courses on global Black diaspora studies and Toni Morrison’s work. His current projects include Accra Chic: A Locational History of Fashion and studies on exile in African literature.

• African Literature
• Postcolonial Literature
• Shakespeare Studies
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