Mariam Galarrita

Mariam Galarrita is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe Campus. She is affiliated with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Previously, she served as a postdoctoral fellow and founded/directed the Race and the Premodern Period Speaker Series at the University of California, Riverside.

Education:

• Ph.D. in English, University of California, Riverside
• MA in English, California State University, Fullerton

Research Interests: Her work focuses on early modern English drama, travel literature, science, science fiction, premodern critical race studies, racial trauma, and language. She explores precolonial Philippines history and the Spanish Manila Galleon trade route. Her current projects include an essay on Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World for the Oxford Companion to Margaret Cavendish and a book project examining premodern science fiction and race.

Teaching: She teaches courses on Shakespeare, Global Literature, and Asian American fiction.

Additional Contributions: She organizes interdisciplinary dialogues through initiatives like the Race and the Premodern Period Speaker Series, integrating decolonizing methodologies into literary analysis.