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Hilary J. Thompson is an Assistant Professor of English at Bowdoin College, specializing in contemporary global anglophone literature, multispecies fictions, and non-human studies. She holds a PhD in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan (1998), an MA from the same institution (1994), and a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Toronto (1989).
Her research explores intersections of animal life, posthumanism, and postcolonial contexts, as seen in her books *Novel Creatures: Animal Life and the New Millennium* (2018) and the forthcoming *Worldly Spirits, Extra-Human Dimensions, and the Global Anglophone Novel* (2023). She examines how contemporary literature reimagines creaturely relationships beyond anthropocentrism, particularly through analyses of diasporic authors and post-9/11 cultural shifts.
Thompson’s publications span journal articles and book chapters, focusing on authors such as Amitav Ghosh, Yann Martel, and Kazuo Ishiguro. She has presented at conferences like the American Comparative Literature Association and Modern Language Association, organizing panels on topics like ‘Discontemporaries’ and ‘Islands of Contention.’
Her teaching includes courses on global Asian popular fiction and postcolonial literature, emphasizing critical engagement with non-human dimensions in contemporary narratives. She actively contributes to academic discourse through reviews, such as her critique of Laura A. White’s *Ecospectrality* in *Kritikon Litterarum* (2022).
