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Dr. Youngsuk Chae is a Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke, where she has taught since 2007. She specializes in Asian American literature, postcolonial studies, and ecocriticism, emphasizing critical multiculturalism and environmental intersections. Her work bridges literary analysis with sociopolitical critique, exploring themes of identity, migration, and ecological sustainability.
Education: Ph.D., English, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests: Dr. Chae’s research interrogates the intersections of race, environment, and postcolonialism in literary works. She examines how Asian American authors negotiate cultural hybridity and environmental justice, often juxtaposing global and local narratives. Her methodologies combine ecocritical frameworks with postcolonial theory to analyze marginalized voices.
Publications: She authored Politicizing Asian American Literature: Towards a Critical Multiculturalism (2008) and co-edited Asian American Literature and the Environment (2015). Her articles appear in journals like Journal of Postcolonial Writing and Modern Fiction Studies, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship.
Affiliations: She contributes to the university’s humanities programs and regularly presents at conferences on topics such as transnational ecocriticism and decolonial pedagogy.
