Erin Suzuki

Erin Suzuki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. She holds a Ph.D. in English from UCLA and specializes in Asian American literatures, Pacific Island literatures, American studies, transpacific studies, speculative fiction, and ecocriticism. Her work critically examines intersections of colonialism, climate change, and cultural representation through a transpacific lens. She authored Ocean Passages: Navigating Pacific Islander and Asian American Literatures (2021), exploring maritime narratives and their ecological implications. Currently, she investigates undersea creatures in transpacific pop culture as tools for critiquing climate change and settler colonialism. Her research bridges literary analysis with environmental and postcolonial theory.

Her academic contributions span theoretical frameworks like global Asian studies and postcolonial tactics, as seen in recent publications such as Global Asias: Tactics & Theories (2024) and Indigeneity and/as Method (2024). These works emphasize methodological innovation and decolonial perspectives. While no formal advisees are listed, her teaching and scholarship engage deeply with marginalized communities' cultural narratives.