Laura Hakala
دانشیار · Nineteenth-Century American Literature
University of North Carolina at Pembrokeمعرفی
Laura Hakala is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, serving as the Interim Writing Center Director and Sigma Tau Delta Sponsor. Her research focuses on 19th- and early 20th-century American children’s literature, with particular attention to historical contexts, gender studies, and Southern literature.
She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, an MA from Georgia Southern University, and a BA from Jacksonville University. Her expertise includes analyzing how historical and cultural frameworks shape literary narratives, especially those centered on girlhood, race, and regional identity.
Recent research explores themes such as liminal spaces in youth literature, abolitionism in children’s fiction, and gender roles in Southern narratives. Her work has appeared in journals like Children’s Literature and The Lion and the Unicorn.
No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts, but her contributions to scholarship on historical children’s literature are notable. She teaches courses in American literature, children’s literature, and composition, emphasizing connections between texts and their socio-historical milieus.
