Carolin Grzenia

Carolin Grzenia is a Research Associate in American Studies at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU Jena) since October 2021. Her work focuses on affective responses to environmental crises, particularly climate grief in contemporary memoirs and climate fiction. She is affiliated with the Ecocriticism Research Collective at FSU Jena.

Her research interests include Literature and Emotion, Affective Ecocriticism, Climate Fiction/Nonfiction, Environmental Psychology, and Grief & Trauma Studies. She actively contributes to interdisciplinary projects exploring the Anthropocene's cultural and psychological implications through seminars and public lectures.

Contact: carolin.grzenia@uni-jena.de | +49 3641 9-44523 | Room 623, Ernst-Abbe-Platz 8, 07743 Jena, Germany