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Emily S. Davis is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department at the University of Delaware, within the College of Arts & Sciences. Her research focuses on contemporary global literature, particularly intersections of gender, globalization, genre, and race. She authored Rethinking the Romance Genre: Global Intimacies in Contemporary Literary and Visual Cultures (2013) and is currently writing a book on social justice in global literature and activism. Her work critiques human rights discourse through analyses of neoliberalism, postcolonialism, and decolonial knowledge systems. Davis has published widely on South African fiction, queer studies, and post-apartheid narratives. She actively engages in literary pedagogy and serves as a faculty member in a department emphasizing critical theory and global perspectives.
Research Interests:
- Global literature and its intersections with gender/race
- Human rights discourse and contested universalisms
- Neoliberalism's sociopolitical impacts
- Decolonial knowledge production
- Postcolonial romance and gothic genres
Recent Work Trends: Recent publications address decolonizing knowledge systems (via Nnedi Okorafor’s sci-fi), neoliberalism’s effects on identity (Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy), and post-apartheid South African literature’s evolution post-1994. Her work often bridges literary analysis with critical theory, offering frameworks for understanding transnational social justice.
Professional Roles:
- Director of Graduate Studies (English, UD)
- Faculty member since [year not specified in text]
- Active contributor to academic discourse on global literatures
