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Lauren Gantz serves as Associate Professor in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she has held faculty positions since 2016. She coordinates the Women's and Gender Studies minor, co-presides over the Stevens Point Academic Representation Council, advises Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society), and contributes to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Policy Committee for Common Council while teaching Upward Bound during summers.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin
- M.A. in English from Ohio University
- B.A. in English from Emporia State University
Dr. Gantz specializes in American ethnic literatures with emphasis on diasporic Caribbean writers' archival interventions to negotiate historical trauma and national identity. Her research spans women's and gender studies, refugee studies, postcolonial theory, and graphic novels, extending to scholarship of teaching and learning for Hmong American literature and Native American oral traditions. This interdisciplinary approach critically examines how marginalized communities reconstruct narratives through literary archives.
Her publication trajectory reveals consistent engagement with archival testimony across multiethnic contexts: the 2024 analysis of Hmong American pedagogy builds on 2016 and 2015 investigations into Caribbean/Dominican American literary archives, demonstrating evolving methodologies in trauma representation through written and graphic forms within postcolonial frameworks.
Dr. Gantz actively mentors through Sigma Tau Delta and institutional committees, teaching diverse courses including Ethnic Literature of the U.S., American Indian Literature, and Postcolonial Literature in English. Her summer Upward Bound instruction underscores commitment to educational access, while committee work reflects dedication to campus-wide equity initiatives and inclusive curriculum development.
