Janet Graham

Dr. Janet Graham is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director at the Department of English, University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK). Her interdisciplinary research spans Critical Refugee Studies, Multicultural North American Literature, Vietnamese Diasporic Literature, Life Writing, and Antiracist Teaching methodologies.

Education:

• Ph.D., English, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2019)
• M.Ed., Secondary English Education, Western Washington University (1995)
• B.A., World Literatures and Cultures, The Evergreen State College (1992)

Her publications focus on decolonial frameworks, refugee narratives, and intersections between biopolitics and environmental justice in global literary contexts. Recent works examine Vietnamese diasporic experiences and Derek Walcott’s postcolonial poetics. Graham also contributes to pedagogical research through bibliographic work on life writing and classroom engagement strategies.

She teaches courses ranging from introductory literature to advanced seminars on multicultural American literature and literary criticism. As Graduate Program Director, she oversees academic writing, composition, and secondary education curriculum development.