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Charlotte Rogers is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia, where she is a core faculty member in the Environmental Humanities, founding director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, and co-founder of the Greater Caribbean Studies Network. She is also an affiliate of Latin American Studies and active faculty in the Ph.D. program in Spanish. Currently on leave for the 2024-2025 academic year, Rogers has held the Lisa Smith Discovery Chair (2020-2023) and will join the Editorial Board of the University of Virginia Press beginning in 2025. Rogers specializes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, art, and culture from Latin America and the Caribbean, examining representations of the tropical Americas from decolonial and environmental humanities perspectives. Her research explores how literary texts and works of art engage with environmental change and imagine possible ecological futures. She has published extensively on Caribbean and Latin American literature, with a particular focus on the Amazon, Puerto Rico, and ecological themes. Rogers's scholarly work reveals strong trends in environmental humanities, Caribbean studies, and postcolonial ecocriticism. Her publications consistently examine the intersections of literature, ecology, and decolonial thought, with particular attention to multispecies relations, extractivism, and climate disaster. She has pioneered approaches that connect literary analysis with contemporary environmental challenges, especially in the Caribbean context. Honorable Mention: Latin American Studies Association Amazonia section Best Book Prize, 2020 As an educator and mentor, Rogers has been deeply involved in doctoral training through the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship in Caribbean Literatures, Arts, and Cultures. Her professional service includes editorial board positions for Revista de Estudios Hispánicos and ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment, as well as previous service on the Peer Advisory Board of PMLA (2020-2023). Beyond academia, she serves as an Ambassador for the National Aphasia Association, drawing on her personal experience as a caregiver for a loved one with primary progressive aphasia.

• Latin American Literature
• Caribbean Literature
• Environmental Humanities
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Professor Gabrielle McIntire is a faculty member in the Department of English Language and Literature at Queen’s University, within the Faculty of Arts and Science. She specializes in British and American literary modernism (1890-1945), with particular focus on poetry, poetics, eco-criticism, psychoanalytic theory, and theories of memory, desire, and the sacred. Education: PhD from Cornell University. She has held SSHRC grants including a Standard Research Grant at Queen’s and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto. Notable fellowships include residencies at Banff Centre for the Arts and Holywell Manor, Balliol College, Oxford. Research Interests: Modernist poetry and prose Eco-critical approaches to literature Memory and desire in modernist texts Sacred narratives in literary modernism Psychoanalytic criticism Awards: W.J. Barnes Award for Distinguished Teaching (2004) Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching (Cornell University, 2002) SSHRC grants (2008-2012, 2023-2028) Editorial Roles: Editorial board member of Woolf Studies Annual , T.S. Eliot Studies Annual , Twentieth-Century Literature , and The A-Line . Creative Work: Published poetry collections include Unbound (2021) and numerous journal contributions. Her creative writing explores ecological themes, mysticism, and human experience. Teaching: Taught at Cornell University and the T.S. Eliot International Summer School. Known for innovative pedagogy recognized through teaching awards.

• British literary modernism
• American literary modernism
• Eco-criticism
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Kathleen Woodward is a Professor of English and Director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington, holding the Lockwood Professorship in the Humanities. She specializes in 20th-century American literature, discourses of emotions, technology studies, and age studies. Her work bridges literary criticism, cultural theory, and interdisciplinary humanities. Affiliations: Simpson Center Director since 2000, former Director of UW’s English Department, and former President of the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. Education: B.A. Economics (Smith College, 1966), Ph.D. Literature (UC San Diego, 1976). Research: Explores intersections of emotion, technology, and aging through publications like Statistical Panic (2009) and Aging and Its Discontents (1991). Current projects include risk analysis in global aging contexts. Grants & Leadership: Secured grants from Mellon, NEH, and Rockefeller. Served on boards of Imagining America, National Humanities Alliance, and HASTAC. Co-edited Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture (1986–1995). Labs/Initiatives: Founded and led the Center for Twentieth Century Studies at UW-Milwaukee (1981–2000). Active in campus-community partnerships and digital humanities collaborations.

• Twentieth-century American Literature
• Discourses of the Emotions
• Technology and Science Studies
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Kalyan Nadiminti is an Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University. They hold a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and are a member of the graduate faculty. Their research focuses on postcolonial and global Anglophone literature, particularly 20th- and 21st-century South Asian writing. They explore themes such as literary humanitarianism, terror, and narrative form in contemporary literature. Their work has appeared in journals like NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction and Journal of Asian American Studies . Teaching interests include human rights literature, political theory, South Asian and Global Anglophone literatures, postcolonial theory, U.S. empire studies, and race and terror. They previously taught at Gettysburg College, where they held a Mellon Fellowship, and Haverford College. Key research areas include global Anglophone literature, critical race studies, narrative theory, modernism, and postcolonial diaspora studies. Their articles analyze intersections between literature, law, and politics, with a focus on transnational movements and neoliberalism's cultural impacts. Received Mellon Fellowship (Gettysburg College) Author of a forthcoming monograph on literary humanitarianism and contemporary narrative form Active in interdisciplinary clusters addressing global literary economies and empire studies Publications span theoretical critiques of postcolonial print cultures to analyses of detention narratives and neoliberal development discourses in global fiction.

• Postcolonial Literature
• Global Anglophone Literature
• South Asian Writing
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Sophia Veltfort serves as Assistant Professor of Practice in the Arts at the University of Chicago's Department of English, teaching since 2022. Her academic appointments and creative practice position her at the intersection of literary scholarship and fiction writing within the university's humanities framework. Her educational trajectory features elite international training: MFA in Fiction, Cornell University, 2020 MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction), University of East Anglia, 2014 (Marshall Scholar) MSt in English (1900-Present), Oxford University, 2013 (Marshall Scholar) Veltfort's intellectual work operates across creative and critical domains. Her scholarly research dissects representations of speech and thought in twentieth-century fiction, while her creative practice investigates how competing narratives structure human experience—examining moments of reading/misreading, narrative negotiation, and fictional conflict. Current projects include a novel tracing a woman's search for her anonymous sperm donor father and a story collection exploring narrative frameworks that shape identity. Her 13+ publications since 2012 demonstrate consistent output in premier literary venues like Prairie Schooner and Narrative, revealing thematic preoccupations with identity construction, relational dynamics, and narrative authority. These works frequently employ contemporary American settings while experimenting with voice, perspective, and structural innovation within short fiction forms. Her recognition includes: Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition First Place (2020) Nelson Algren Award finalist (Chicago Tribune, 2018) Pushcart Prize nomination (2020) Best American Essays Notable Essay selection (2013) Narrative 30 Below Contest finalist (2020) Post Road Flash Fiction Contest winner (2017) Norman Mailer College Writing Awards finalist (2012) Teaching responsibilities include specialized workshops like 'Beginning Fiction Workshop: Metamorphoses' and 'Technical Seminar in Fiction: Who Sees and Who Speaks?' examining narrative perspective. No public information exists regarding graduate student advising or research grant acquisition. Her work operates independently without institutional lab affiliations.

• Creative Writing
• Narrative Theory
• Twentieth-Century Fiction
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Sara VanderHaagen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Her work focuses on how public rhetoric shapes narratives of the past, particularly through lenses of race, gender, and age. She holds a PhD in Communication Studies from Northwestern University, alongside MA and BA degrees from Northwestern and Calvin College, respectively. Her research explores African American rhetoric, public discourse on race and gender, and rhetorical theory. Key projects include analyzing 19th-century women’s oratory at the 1893 World’s Fair, children’s biographies of African American women, and the rhetoric of public memorials like the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. She also critiques how cultural memory is constructed through texts like historical fiction and children’s literature. VanderHaagen’s publications span journals such as Quarterly Journal of Speech , Women’s Studies in Communication , and Criticism . Her book Children’s Biographies of African American Women (2018) examines how these narratives shape agency and identity. She frequently reviews works on memory, rhetoric, and race, contributing to scholarly debates on cultural representation. No scientific awards are listed in the provided text. Her advising and grant activities are not detailed here, though her academic profile suggests involvement in interdisciplinary projects related to history, rhetoric, and education. She is affiliated with UWM’s Communication Department and may collaborate with research centers focused on race, gender, and public memory.

• Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• Public Memory
• African American Rhetoric
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Joseph Rosenberg is an Associate Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies and a Concurrent Assistant Professor in the Department of English Education at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Fellow at the Nanovic Institute. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall), an M.A. in English Literature from Queen's University (Canada), and a B.A. in English (First-class Honors) from the University of King's College (Dalhousie University). Rosenberg's research focuses on modernism, the avant-garde, print culture, and literary theory. His first monograph, Wastepaper Modernism: Twentieth-Century Fiction and the Ruins of Print (2021), examines how modernist literature engages with the materiality of paper and textual decay. He is currently working on a second book, Undone: Late Modernism and the Aesthetics of Failure , exploring post-war modernism's turn toward deflationary aesthetics. His work has appeared in journals like Modernism/Modernity and Critical Quarterly . Rosenberg has received major fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and won the 2015 Space Between Society Essay Prize for his piece Paper Bombs . His scholarship bridges literary analysis with broader cultural critiques of media and communication.

• English Literature
• Modernism
• Avant-Garde
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Chad Wriglesworth is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Waterloo, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of 20th/21st century American literature, ecocriticism, religion, and environmental humanities. His work explores the cultural and spiritual dimensions of North American regional landscapes. PhD in Twentieth-Century American Literature, University of Iowa MA in Theology and Literature, Regent College, University of British Columbia MA in English, Portland State University BA in English, Warner Pacific University Wriglesworth's research focuses on literary representations of environmental reclamation, theological perspectives in contemporary poetry, and bioregional theory. He is currently completing two major projects: editing 'What Clever Friends' (University of Michigan Press) and authoring 'Geographies of Reclamation' (University of Nevada Press), both examining Pacific Northwest cultural and environmental narratives. His recent work demonstrates expertise in analyzing literary responses to ecological challenges, indigenous land rights, and the intersection of spirituality and environmental stewardship. Wriglesworth's publications span interdisciplinary journals and book chapters addressing water ethics, salmon habitat restoration, and agrarian philosophies in American literature. 2025 Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Waterloo 2024 Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Waterloo 2018 Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Teaching Excellence 2016 Best Interview Award (Evangelical Press Association) 2015 Robert Harding Humanities and Social Sciences Award 2009-2011 Mellon Foundation Early Career Fellowship As Associate Editor of The Raymond Carver Review, Wriglesworth contributes to ongoing scholarship on Pacific Northwest literary traditions. His teaching excellence has been recognized multiple times, including through the University of Waterloo's Federation of Students Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2018, 2014, 2008). He supervises graduate students in American literature, ecocriticism, and Native American studies.

• Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Literature
• Ecocriticism and Place Studies
• Religion & American Culture
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Alison Shonkwiler is a Professor in the Department of English at Rhode Island College (RIC), where she has taught since 2011 after previous appointments at Rutgers University, Cornell University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Her academic expertise lies at the intersection of literature, economic systems, and labor studies. Her educational qualifications are: B.A. from Amherst College M.A. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick Shonkwiler's research centers on literatures of capitalism , globalization , and work , examining homesteading, survivalism, and post-wage labor. Her book The Financial Imaginary (2017) analyzes representations of abstract capitalism in contemporary American realist novels. She co-edited Reading Capitalist Realism (2014), exploring narrative limits under neoliberal austerity. Her teaching spans literary theory, nineteenth- and twentieth-century American literature, and postmodernism, consistently interrogating literature's relevance to understanding economic systems. Her publication trajectory reveals sustained engagement with economic themes in literature. Recent works analyze financial metafiction (2023), neo-homesteading (2020), and survivalism (2019), tracing connections between literary form and capitalist critique. She examines how fiction processes financial crises, risk economies, and labor transformations, demonstrating literature's capacity to model alternative economic imaginaries beyond traditional wage relations. Her scientific recognition includes: L.S. Dembo Prize for best essay published in Contemporary Literature in 2010 Though specific advisees aren't listed, Professor Shonkwiler teaches graduate courses including ENGL 501 (Introduction to Graduate Study) and ENGL 541 (Topics in American Literature), indicating active mentorship of master's students. Her senior seminar ENGL 460 on "Money and Work in the American Century" suggests undergraduate research supervision. No external grant funding is mentioned in the provided materials. Shonkwiler's scholarly profile indicates primarily individual research output, though her co-edited volume Reading Capitalist Realism demonstrates collaborative scholarly engagement. There is no reference to laboratory facilities or large research teams in her current institutional context.

• Literatures of Capitalism
• Work and Labor Studies
• Globalization in Literature
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Kinohi Nishikawa is an Associate Professor jointly appointed in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of English at Princeton University. His scholarly work bridges literary criticism, book history, and African American cultural studies, with a strong emphasis on the material forms of literature. A.B., Dartmouth College (summa cum laude, High Honors in English) M.A., Literature, Duke University Ph.D., Literature, Duke University His research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century African American literature, particularly the roles of book design, publishing practices, and paratextual elements in shaping literary reception. He explores how print culture, independent presses, and visual aesthetics contribute to Black literary expression and archival formation. His work intersects with Black aesthetic theory, humor, and popular culture. His recent publications reveal a consistent thematic thread: the materiality of African American texts. Across journals like PMLA , American Literary History , and Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America , he investigates how design, format, and publishing context influence meaning-making in works by authors such as Ralph Ellison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ishmael Reed, and Percival Everett. Nishikawa is actively involved in public scholarship, curating the Black Independent Film series at the Princeton Garden Theatre and advising on the Sites of Memory exhibition of the Toni Morrison Papers. He is co-authoring a book with Professor Autumn Womack on Morrison’s archiving practices. Curator, Black Independent Film series, Princeton Garden Theatre Advisor, Sites of Memory exhibition, Toni Morrison Papers Collaborator on Morrison archiving project with Autumn Womack

• African American Literature
• Book History
• Print Culture
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Jon Mitchell is an Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of East Anglia , affiliated with the School of Politics, Philosophy and American Studies. He joined UEA in 2010 after teaching at Irish institutions and holds a PhD from the University of Wales, Swansea (2003). His research spans interdisciplinary themes in American culture, gender theory, and narrative analysis. Education : PhD (University of Wales, Swansea, 2003) His research focuses on intersections of masculinity and national identity , queer theory , psychoanalytic frameworks , and mid-20th-century American culture . Recent publications examine dystopian innocence in Samuel Delany’s works and critiques of masculinity in films like Logan . He employs interdisciplinary methodologies combining literary, film, and cultural analysis. Jon has held leadership roles including Course Director , Athena Swan Co-Lead , and served on university-wide moderation and assessment committees. He teaches core modules in American Studies and Film/TV degrees, covering topics such as 1980s American cinema, gender/sexuality in film, and postcolonial narratives. He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations on diverse topics like Lesbian Pulp Fiction , QAnon conspiracies , and Queer appropriations of Alice in Wonderland , while also serving as an external examiner at the University of Essex (2019–2022).

• US masculinity and national identity
• gender theory
• queer theory
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Shari M. Huhndorf serves as the Class of 1938 Professor of Native American Studies within UC Berkeley's Department of Ethnic Studies. A Yup'ik scholar raised in Alaska, her work bridges academic research and Indigenous community engagement, focusing on Alaska Native sovereignty, cultural representation, and gendered land relations. She holds significant leadership roles including Chair of the Repatriation Committee at the National Museum of the American Indian. Her educational foundation includes: Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, New York University M.A. in Comparative Literature, New York University B.A. in English, University of Redlands Huhndorf's research interrogates the inseparability of Indigenous cultural systems from territorial sovereignty, with particular emphasis on Alaska Native communities. Her scholarship examines literary and visual representations through decolonial and feminist frameworks, analyzing how Indigenous peoples resist colonial erasure through cultural production. Current projects include a community-based history of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act developed with Roy Huhndorf. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent engagement with Indigenous land sovereignty, cultural resilience, and gendered spatial politics. Her work demonstrates evolving focus from foundational critiques of 'going native' tropes toward contemporary analyses of corporate tribalism and Indigenous health sovereignty, always centering Alaska Native epistemologies. Her honors include: Canadian Women's Studies Association Outstanding Scholarship Prize Alaska Federation of Natives President's Award UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching and Mentor Awards Guggenheim, Ford, and Woodrow Wilson Fellowships As a dedicated mentor, Huhndorf has guided numerous graduate students while securing major research funding. Her current ANCSA project exemplifies community-engaged scholarship. Institutional affiliations span Berkeley's Center for Race and Gender, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues, and the Designated Emphasis in Gender and Women's Studies. She actively shapes national discourse through service on the National Museum of the American Indian Board and previously chaired the MLA's Twentieth-Century American Literature Division. Her decade-long service with the CIRI Foundation demonstrates sustained commitment to Alaska Native educational advancement.

• Native American Studies
• Alaska Native Studies
• Indigenous Feminism
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Katharine Capshaw is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Connecticut. Her academic work focuses on Twentieth-Century American Literature, African American Literature, Children's Literature, Graphic Novels, and Visual Culture. She explores intersections of race, childhood, and visual media in literary contexts. Specialties include Ethnic American Literature and Critical Theory Her research examines how marginalized communities represent themselves in youth media across historical periods Recent publications analyze Black Arts Movement photography, Civil Rights graphic narratives, and transnational youth literature Capshaw's scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with: Graphic storytelling as historical archive Racial identity in children's media Intersections of visual culture and social justice Comparative analysis of multiethnic youth literature Memory studies in picture books and periodicals Political dimensions of children's reading practices

• Twentieth-Century American Literature
• Ethnic American Literature
• African American Literature
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Dr. Rosario Arias Doblas is a full-time Professor of English Literature at the University of Málaga, Spain , with national eligibility to Full Professor. She has held leadership roles including Head of the Department of English, French and German Philology (2013–2021), Coordinator of the PhD Program in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation (2016–2023), and Deputy Director of the Doctoral School (2022–2024). As President of the Spanish Association of Anglo-North American Studies (AEDEAN) and founder of the Victorian and Neo-Victorian Society in Spain (VINS), she leads interdisciplinary research networks and projects like RELY: Reorienting Assemblage Theory in Anglophone Literature (2023–2026) and Gender and Spiritism in Andalusia (2019–2022). Her research spans Neo-Victorian literature , trauma and memory studies , gender theory , and interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary British fiction. She has co-edited volumes such as Haunting and Spectrality in Neo-Victorian Fiction (Palgrave, 2010) and Spiritualism, Science and Technology (Routledge, 2014), while her monograph Madres e hijas en la teoría feminista (2002) established her expertise in feminist psychoanalysis. Recent publications focus on sensory neo-Victorian narratives , material memory , and disorienting cultural identities in contemporary literature. Key Awards: Extraordinary Doctorate Award (University of Málaga, 2001) Second National Prize for Philology (Ministry of Education and Science, 1995) Extraordinary Bachelor's Degree Award (University of Málaga, 1995) Leadership: Principal Investigator of the Andalusian-funded Contemporary Literature in Europe research group (HUM-858) since 2007 Research Leader of the VINS Network (2015–2017), funded by Spain’s Ministry of Economy Organizer of conferences like Material Traces of the Past (2015) and Dis/Orientations in Contemporary Literature (2022)

• Neo-Victorianism
• Contemporary British Fiction
• Memory Studies
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Mario Caramitti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Literature and Culture at Sapienza University of Rome, specializing in Russian literature and language. He teaches a diverse range of courses including Russian Literature II, Russian Language and Literature I, Russian Studies, and Russian Translation III across multiple degree programs such as Languages, Cultures, Literatures, Translation; Linguistics; English and Anglo-American Studies; and Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation. Professor Caramitti's research interests focus on Russian literary tradition spanning from the 19th to 21st centuries. His scholarly work demonstrates particular expertise in authors such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Chekhov, Nabokov, and contemporary writers like Maria Stepanova and Mikhail Shishkin. His teaching portfolio includes specialized courses on Turgenev's short prose, Chekhov's dramaturgy, twentieth-century Russian poetry, and Gogol's genius. His extensive publication record reveals a strong focus on literary criticism, with numerous essays published primarily in ALIAS SUNDAY and academic journals. The analysis of his recent publications shows a consistent engagement with Russian literary tradition, examining both canonical works and contemporary developments. His work often explores narrative structure, psychological depth in characterization, and the interplay between historical context and literary creation. Professor Caramitti maintains an active academic schedule with office hours through September 2025 and current Google Classroom pages for the 2024-25 academic year, teaching courses such as 'Twentieth-century Russian poetry,' 'The extraordinary modernity of Gogol's genius,' 'Russian Studies,' and 'Russian Translation III.' His teaching locations include the Ex Vetrerie Sciarra building at via dei Volsci 122 in Rome.

• Russian Literature
• Slavic Studies
• Literary Criticism
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