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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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Pheng Cheah serves as Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in interdisciplinary research bridging philosophy, literature, and political theory with global implications. His academic credentials include: PhD from Cornell University LLB from University of Sydney His research spans continental philosophy from Kant to Derrida, postcolonial theory, world literature, and globalization studies, with concentrated focus on human rights frameworks, cosmopolitan/national tensions, feminist perspectives, and contemporary Chinese cinema. His methodology integrates literary analysis with political philosophy to examine power dynamics in transnational contexts, particularly across postcolonial Asia where he conducts fieldwork with filmmakers. Publication analysis reveals an evolving trajectory from foundational cosmopolitan/national theory toward biopolitical human rights frameworks and cinematic representations of globalization. His work consistently centers non-Western perspectives—especially Chinese, Southeast Asian, and global South contexts—challenging Eurocentric paradigms through comparative analysis of cultural production and political transformation. No scientific awards are documented in available sources. Professor Cheah mentors graduate students in critical theory and postcolonial studies, guiding research on literature's political dimensions. His scholarly activities are supported by standard academic funding mechanisms enabling extensive archival work and international collaborations, particularly with Asian film communities. He maintains active participation in global studies consortia and postcolonial research networks, frequently collaborating with filmmakers and scholars across the three Chinas through interview-based methodologies.

• 18th-20th century continental philosophy and critical theory
• Postcolonial theory and anglophone postcolonial literatures
• World literature
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Mark B.N. Hansen is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Literature at Duke University, affiliated with the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. He holds roles such as Director of the Literature Program and previously served as Director of Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies in Literature. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine (1994), an M.A. (1989), and a B.A. from New York University (1987). Hansen’s research explores the intersection of technology, human agency, and social life, spanning literary studies, media theory, phenomenology, and cognitive neuroscience. He emphasizes the role of technological exteriorization in defining human experience, with notable contributions to digital media aesthetics, media ontology, and the environmental turn in media studies. His publications reflect a focus on 21st-century media’s impact on perception, temporality, and embodiment. Recent works include analyses of deepfake technology, feed-forward agency, and technical feeling. Hansen’s teaching spans special topics in literature, visual studies, and computational media, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach. Recipient of prestigious awards like the National Humanities Center Fellowship (2014) and a Fulbright Senior Specialist designation (2012), Hansen also serves on editorial boards and professional organizations. His research has been supported by grants such as Duke’s Global Humanities Seed Grant (2022).

• Digital Media Studies
• Literary Theory
• Phenomenology
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Tanya Shilina-Conte is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo, College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on global/transnational cinema, film-philosophy, Deleuze Studies, and sensory media practices. She explores themes such as remix culture, media archaeology, and the ontological implications of black screens in film. She has authored Black Screens, White Frames: Gilles Deleuze and The Filmmaking Machine (Oxford UP, 2024) and co-authored Yevtushenko in Buffalo (2020). Her work examines Iranian women’s cinema, postcolonial aesthetics, and experimental film practices. Recent articles include analyses of Abbas Kiarostami’s Lessons of Darkness and Ana Nyma’s Fragments of a Revolution . Awards: Multiple grants from UB’s Gender Institute, Humanities Institute, and international fellowships including the Baldy Center, Lisbon Consortium, and Princeton-Weimar programs. Film Work: Includes essay films like This Video Does Not Exist (2015/2024) and video installations addressing media archaeology. Her current projects include Anonymous Cinema in the Global Age , exploring social media imagery and elective mutism in minoritarian film practices.

• Global/transnational cinema
• Film-philosophy
• Deleuze Studies
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Nancy Glazener is a Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS) at the University of Pittsburgh, affiliated with the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Her work bridges literary history, gender studies, and cultural analysis, focusing on US literature from the 18th century to the present and contemporary global fiction. She is the author of seminal works such as Literature in the Making (2016) and Reading for Realism (1997). Her research interests span interdisciplinary theories of gender/sexuality, institutional history of literary studies, affect theory, print culture, and the history of personhood. Current projects include a study of police procedural detective fiction’s intersections with policing, masculinity, and neoliberal work cultures. She also explores class politics, reception theory, and the role of literature in shaping societal ethics. Glazener’s scholarship critically examines the relationship between literary forms and social structures, particularly how marginalized voices and cultural dissent are represented in print and media. Her work has redefined understandings of 19th-century literary culture, feminist authorship, and the global dimensions of American realism. Her publications reflect a commitment to interdisciplinary approaches, blending historical analysis with contemporary theoretical frameworks. She actively participates in academic communities through teaching, mentoring, and contributions to scholarly discourse on gender, literature, and cultural history.

• US Literature
• Gender Studies
• Literary Theory
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Andrea Bachner is a Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She served as Director of the East Asia Program (2019–2022) and contributes to transregional research through editorial and committee roles. Her work bridges Sinophone, Latin American, and European cultural productions. MA, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich PhD, Harvard University Her research focuses on theories of interculturality, media studies (visuality/textuality), gender/sexuality, and transcultural queer theory. She examines how cultural comparison reshapes literary and media analysis, with attention to Sinophone diasporic and minor cultural expressions. Her recent publications explore Sinographic practices in global contexts, poststructuralist media theory, and cross-Pacific cultural projects. Key journals include Comparative Literature , Modern Chinese Literature and Culture , and Oxford Handbook of Modern Chinese Literatures . Notable awards include the 2002 Owen A. Aldridge Prize for her article in Comparative Literature Studies . She teaches courses on literary theory, Judith Butler, and global literature at Cornell.

• Comparative Literature
• Sinophone Studies
• Latin American Cultural Production
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Mikko Tuhkanen is a Professor of English at Texas A&M University, specializing in African American and African-diasporic literatures, LGBTQ+ literatures, and literary theory. He holds a PhD from SUNY Buffalo (2005) and a dual PhD from the University of Tampere, Finland (2000), with an MA from the same institution (1994). His research focuses on transnational literatures, race and ethnicity studies, gender and sexuality, and 20th-century comparative literature. Key publications include The American Optic (2008), The Essentialist Villain: On Leo Bersani (2018), and the edited volumes Leo Bersani: Queer Theory and Beyond (2014) and The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature (2014). Recent articles explore James Baldwin’s aesthetics, Richard Wright’s psychoanalytic frameworks, and cinematic fascination theory. His work bridges literary criticism, queer theory, and poststructuralist thought, often engaging with thinkers like Leo Bersani, Jacques Lacan, and Gilles Deleuze. He is currently completing studies on James Baldwin and the cultural impact of Pet Shop Boys.

• Transnational Literatures
• Race and Ethnicity Studies
• Gender and Sexuality
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Alex Trimble Young is an Associate Teaching Professor and Honors Faculty Fellow at Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College, with affiliations at ASU’s Center for the Study of Guns and Society. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern California (2015) and a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University (2004). Young is a leading voice in transnational settler colonialism and U.S. literature/culture, with a forthcoming book The Frontiers of Dissent under contract with University of Nebraska Press. Key research areas: settler colonial violence, Indigenous resistance, gun culture, frontier mythology, critical theory, and U.S. literary history. Teaches courses on U.S. literature, transnational settler colonialism, gun culture, and the history/culture of the U.S. West, including study abroad programs in Australia and Morocco. Co-hosts the Guns Unpacked podcast and co-edited special issues on gun culture (with Lindsay Livingston) and settler colonial studies (with Lorenzo Veracini). His publications span journals like Social Text , Lateral , and American Literary History , with a focus on how settler colonial frameworks shape contemporary dissent, gun policy, and cultural narratives. Awards include the Aldo Leopold Citizen Advocate of the Year (2024) for public lands advocacy and early career honors from the Western Literature Association and American Studies Association.

• Transnational Settler Colonialism
• Indigenous Resistance
• U.S. Literature and Culture
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Celia Marshik is a Professor of English and Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education at Stony Brook University. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University (1999) and teaches in the Department of English, affiliated with Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her research focuses on British modernism, literature and law, and cultural studies. Notable works include British Modernism and Censorship and Modernism, Sex and Gender . Education: B.A. University of Minnesota; Ph.D. Northwestern University Her scholarship explores intersections of law, censorship, and gender in modernist literature. She co-edited a special issue of ELN on 'Fashion’s Borders' (2022) and is editing E.M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady . Her administrative roles include overseeing graduate programs and the Graduate School at Stony Brook. Key research themes include: modernist censorship, fashion studies, legal discourses in literature, and interdisciplinary cultural analysis. Awards and grants are not explicitly listed in the provided materials.

• British Modernism
• Cultural Studies
• Literature and Law
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Renée Carine Hoogland is a Professor of English at Wayne State University, holding roles as Vice Chair of the Academic Senate, Editor of Criticism , and Senior Editor-in-Chief of MacMillan Handbooks: Gender. She specializes in literature and visual culture post-1870, with research focusing on critical theory, gender studies, queer theory, and postmodernism. Her current book project explores contemporary photography as a life practice. She has held significant fellowships, including the 2020-21 Keal Faculty Fellowship and the 2023 Humanities Center Faculty Fellowship. Hoogland has also received awards such as the 2014 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and multiple grants supporting interdisciplinary work in visual culture. Education: Ph.D. (1991) and MA (1986, cum laude) in Modern English Literature from the University of Amsterdam, with minors in American Studies and Comparative Literature, and a BA (1983) in English Language and Literature from the same institution. Research interests encompass intersections of art, aesthetics, and identity, particularly in photography, film, and LGBTQ+ studies. She has published widely on topics like Elizabeth Bowen’s queer narratives, Marina Abramović’s performance art, and feminist theoretical frameworks. Recent courses include Honors Seminars, Postmodernism Studies, and LGBTQ+ Topics, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship. Hoogland’s work bridges academic critique with public engagement, evident in her editorial roles and international collaborations.

• Literature and Culture after 1870
• Visual Culture
• Critical Theory
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Parisa Vaziri is an Associate Professor at Cornell University , with a joint appointment in Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Studies . She is a field member of Performing and Media Arts and Society for the Humanities . Her scholarship interrogates the intersections of Black critical thought , poststructuralist theory , and film/media studies , focusing on critiques of historicity, subjectivity, and the concept of the human. Education: Affiliated with University of California, Irvine ’s Comparative Literature department. Research Focus: Explores Indian Ocean slavery through cinematic archives, challenging the boundaries of transatlantic slavery studies and redefining blackness as a global relationality . Her work also examines Iranian cinema as a repository of modernity’s anxieties. Publications: Her book Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery (2023) theorizes enslavement legacies in cinematic contexts. Articles in Philosophy Today , Qui Parle , and TDR: The Drama Review address themes like racialized objecthood , semiotic theory , and improvisation as deconstruction . Teaching: Offers courses on race , critical theory , slavery , and film/media studies at Cornell.

• Comparative Literature
• Near Eastern Studies
• Film and Media Studies
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John Halbrooks is an Associate Professor at the University of South Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences, English Department. He serves as Graduate Coordinator, specializing in medieval and Renaissance literature, with particular expertise in Anglo-Saxon texts, Chaucer studies, and modern interpretations of classical works. Specializes in medieval and Renaissance literature Graduate Coordinator role Focus on Anglo-Saxon cultural reception His research spans textual analysis of Old English manuscripts, ethical frameworks in heroic narratives, and the application of poststructuralist theory to historical literature. Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary engagement with theology, cultural studies, and regional adaptations. Recent scholarship examines the intersection between medieval poetic forms and contemporary literary practices, including Troubadour influences on modern poets and psychoanalytic readings of classical texts. His work contributes significantly to understanding historical continuity in literary traditions.

• Medieval Literature
• Renaissance Literature
• Old English Literature
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Nouri Gana is a Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), part of the UCLA College. He holds a PhD from Université de Montréal (2004), an MA from the same institution (1999), and a BA from Université de Manouba, Tunisia (1997). His research focuses on Arab literature, cultural critique, revolution studies, psychoanalysis, and trauma theory, with notable contributions to understanding the Tunisian Revolution and its global implications. Dr. Gana has authored influential books such as Melancholy Acts: Defeat and Cultural Critique in the Arab World (2023) and The Making of the Tunisian Revolution (2013). His work bridges literary analysis with political and cultural discourse, examining themes like Arab identity, postcolonialism, and resistance through film, poetry, and literature. He teaches courses on comparative literature, modern Arabic literature, and Arab thought, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to cultural studies. His academic awards include the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship and UCLA Faculty Research Grants. He has also published op-eds on the Arab Spring, emphasizing grassroots democracy and critiquing Western policies toward Arab nations. His scholarship intersects with global movements, offering critical insights into power dynamics, cultural dissent, and the politics of memory.

• Arab Literature
• Cultural Critique
• Revolution Studies
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Dong Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese and Japanese at Grinnell College, where he teaches Chinese language, classical Chinese, and interdisciplinary courses on Chinese thought and cinema. His academic work bridges comparative intellectual history and global film studies, with a focus on Chinese engagements with Western modernity and avant-garde aesthetics. His research interests include: Comparative intellectual history of China and the West Theoretical reinterpretation of Chinese texts using poststructuralist frameworks Chinese-language art cinema and its relationship to French New Wave and Euro-American neo-avant-garde traditions Emotion, visuality, and aesthetics in modern and contemporary Chinese cultural production Gender, psychoanalysis, and female subjectivity in Greater China’s literary and cinematic works East Asian animation from analog to AI-driven forms Although no publications are listed in the provided text, his recent course topics—such as A Comparative Introduction to East Asian Animation , Chinese Women: Past and Present , and Chinese Cinema in Chinese! —suggest a strong scholarly trajectory integrating media studies, literary analysis, and philosophical inquiry. His pedagogical approach emphasizes comparative, interdisciplinary, and critical perspectives. Dong Yang has taught a wide range of courses across levels, including: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Chinese language Classical Chinese through Zhuangzi Modern China through Literature and Film Special topics seminars on female identities and East Asian animation He actively mentors students and invites them to explore underexamined ideas and images in Chinese thought and visual culture from diverse angles. His recent course offerings indicate a dynamic and evolving research agenda at the intersection of philosophy, film, and cultural theory.

• Comparative Intellectual History
• Global Avant-Garde Cinema
• Chinese Intellectual History
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Jose Cortez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Oregon, where he also serves as the Director of Latinx Studies. He is affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences and is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of rhetoric, critical theory, and decolonial studies. Research Interests: Critical Theory and Poststructuralism Rhetoric and Composition Latinx and Latin American Studies Decolonial and Postcolonial Thought Epistemology and Subalternity Cultural and Borderland Studies His scholarly work explores the limits of Western epistemologies, the politics of difference, and the rhetorical practices of marginalized communities. Recent publications investigate topics such as shadow work in DEI initiatives, disinvention in border rhetorics, and the decolonial potential of Latinx writing. His research often collaborates with prominent scholars in the field, including Romeo García and Michael J. Kennedy. Scientific Contributions: Developed the concept of atopos as a site of unspeakable social energy Critiqued the epistemological expropriation in diversity rhetoric Advanced decolonial approaches to rhetorical studies and composition pedagogy Explored the implications of virtual reality in educational settings Advising and Collaboration: While no formal advisees are listed, Cortez actively collaborates with scholars across institutions and contributes to collective scholarly projects. He is involved in shaping curricula and research initiatives related to Latinx Studies and decolonial pedagogy. Labs and Research Groups: Though not explicitly tied to a lab, his work is associated with digital humanities and interdisciplinary research groups at the University of Oregon, including the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS).

• Critical Theory
• Rhetoric
• Latinx Studies
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