Miranda Green-Barteet

Miranda Green-Barteet is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario, jointly appointed in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Department of English and Writing Studies. Her research focuses on 19th-century U.S. literature written by women and contemporary young adult literature, particularly examining how female characters resist societal and familial constraints to claim agency and subjectivity.

• Research Emphasis: Racial representation in YA fiction, feminist analysis of dystopian spaces, and historical intersections of gender and genre
• Notable Publications: Co-editor of Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction (2021); Reconsidering Laura Ingalls Wilder (2019); and Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction (2014)

Her scholarly work investigates transgressive female subjectivities across centuries, connecting historical and modern narratives. Recent research explores neoliberalism's racial erasure in YA fiction, allegorical diversity in fairy-tale dystopias, and techno-cultural representations of race.

Contact: mgreenb6@uwo.ca | Office: Somerville House, Room 3340 (open Fall 2025)