Nancy El Gendy

Nancy El Gendy is a Lecturer at James Madison University's School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, joining in 2024. She specializes in English Composition, ESL, and cultural studies. Her research focuses on Arab American literature, postcolonial theory, and gender studies.

Education:

• Ph.D., English (2014), University of Oklahoma: Dissertation on Muslim female bodies in 21st-century Arab and Arab American women’s writing
• M.A., English (Helwan University): Thesis on identity in Louise Erdrich’s novels
• B.A., English (Ain Shams University, Cairo)
• Fellowship, School of Criticism and Theory (Cornell University, 2015)

Her work bridges cultural analysis and literary theory, examining themes like hyphenated identities, trickster humor in diasporic narratives, and global literary dialogues. She has contributed to journals like Women: A Cultural Review and the Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism.