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Susan Kalter is a tenured Professor in the Department of English at Illinois State University, specializing in U.S. and Native American literary, cultural, and historical studies. She holds a Ph.D. in American and Comparative Literature from the University of California, San Diego (1999), an M.A. in Comparative Literature of North America (1997), and a B.A. in English with Honors from Stanford University (1991), focusing on African, Caribbean, and colonial literature.
- Education:
- Ph.D. in American and Comparative Literature, UC San Diego (1999)
- M.A. in Comparative Literature of North America, UC San Diego (1997)
- B.A. in English (Honors), Stanford University (1991)
Kalter’s research spans early borderlands studies, anti-colonial theory, translation of low-resourced languages, and critical multicultural pedagogy. Her work interrogates the intersections of Native American orality, ecological ethics, and colonial discourses in 19th- and 20th-century literature. She has edited seminal works by Native American and Haitian authors, including John Joseph Mathews’ Wah’Kon-Tah and Justin Lhérisson’s Zoune at her Nannenn’s House.
Her publications and translations have appeared in Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Arizona Quarterly, and ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance. She has presented widely on topics such as indigenous language preservation and Francophone literary translation, including at the American Literary Translators Association and National Museum of the American Indian. Kalter has served on editorial boards for MELUS, SAIL, and Western American Literature, and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and institutional service awards.
Key scientific awards include the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2002), Illinois State University Faculty Research Award (2022-23), and Outstanding College Service Award (2019). She has advised numerous graduate students in Native American studies and postcolonial theory, and her pedagogy emphasizes critical multiculturalism and dialogic teaching. Her recent work focuses on translating early Haitian literature and revisiting 17th-century French drama through decolonial lenses.
