جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Mary Frances Pipinoمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• ethnic American women's literature
• feminist theory
• literary criticism
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Mary Frances Pipino, PhD is Professor and Interim Dean of the School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies at Ursuline College. She also serves as Director of the Core Curriculum and is affiliated with the Department of Humanities where she teaches courses in ethnic American women's literature and related fields. Dr. Pipino specializes in ethnic American women's literature, feminist theory and literary criticism, with particular expertise in Italian-American women writers. Her research extends to world literature and popular culture studies. She earned her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati and published her dissertation "I Have Found My Voice": The Italian-American Woman Writer through Peter Lang in 2000. Dr. Pipino has established herself as a respected scholar in multi-ethnic literature, with publications spanning several decades in significant academic venues including Voices in Italian Americana, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, and The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic Literature, with recent contributions to the Modern Language Association's collection on Teaching Anglophone Caribbean Literature. As Interim Dean, she provides academic leadership for the School of Arts, Sciences and Professional Studies while maintaining active scholarly engagement in her research areas.

Stephanie M. Pridgeonمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Latin American Literature
• Latin American Film Studies
• Cultural Studies
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Stephanie M. Pridgeon is an Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Department Chair at Bates College. Her research focuses on 20th- and 21st-century Latin American film and literature, with an emphasis on intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and politics. She holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. Her first book, *Revolutionary Visions: Jewish Life and Politics in Latin American Film* (University of Toronto Press), received Honorable Mention from the LASA Visual Culture Studies section. Her second book, *Absorption Narratives: Jewishness, Blackness, and Indigeneity in the Cultural Imaginary of the Americas*, was published in 2025. Current research includes analyzing visual imagery of the Mexican Revolution in literature. Pridgeon’s scholarship spans diverse topics such as Jewish-Indigenous literary interactions, queer ethnic rite narratives, and documentary film politics. She contributes to public discourse through opinion pieces like her 2024 analysis on Jewish political leadership in North America. Key Expertise: Latin American cinema, cultural hybridity, memory studies, feminist theory, and Marxist analysis. Recent Work: Leading projects on transnational Jewish narratives and post-revolutionary imagery.

George Z. Gasynaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• 20th Century Polish Literature
• Exilic and Émigré Literature
• Postcolonial Studies
• +۱۲ مورد دیگر

George Z. Gasyna is a Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He also serves as Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies and is affiliated with the Program in Comparative and World Literature, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, and the Program in Jewish Culture and Society. Education: PhD, University of Toronto MA, McGill University BA, McGill University Gasyna’s research spans 20th-century Polish literature, diasporic and minority cultures, and Jewish cultural history in pre-1939 multiethnic Poland. His work explores migration, exile, autobiography, memory, postmemory, and travel literature, with a focus on heterotopia and transcultural narratives. His recent publications analyze Polish literature through transnational and postcolonial lenses, emphasizing borderlands, national identity, and cultural displacement. Themes like imperialism, diaspora, and avant-garde poetics recur across his scholarship. Scientific Awards: Conrad Humanities Scholar (2020-2025) Humanities Research Institute Fellowship (2017-18) Gasyna has taught courses on Polish culture, modernism, Joseph Conrad, and radical political thought. His affiliations with interdisciplinary programs reflect his broad scholarly engagement.

Rebecca M. Rosenمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Multiethnic Early American Literature
• Native American Literature
• African American Literature
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Dr. Rebecca M. Rosen is an Assistant Professor of English at Murray State University, serving as Coordinator for the Medical and Health Humanities Minor and Certificate programs. She holds a PhD and MA from Princeton University, an MSt from the University of Oxford, and a BA from Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on multiethnic early American literature, Native American literature, African American literature, and intersections between literature and medicine. Dr. Rosen teaches courses including ENG 105 (BIPOC Contemporary American Women Writers), ENG 311 (American Literature to 1865), and ENG 320 (Survey of African American Literature). Her work bridges historical literary analysis with contemporary medical humanities, examining themes like reproductive rights, colonial legal practices, and bioethical dilemmas in science fiction. Education: PhD, Princeton University MA, Princeton University MSt, University of Oxford BA, Barnard College, Columbia University Her awards include the Richard Beale Davis Prize (2022), AAS-NEH Fellowship (2023), and recognition as Junior Scholar of the Month by the Society of Early Americanists (2018). She co-coordinates the American Studies Minor and actively participates in professional organizations like the Modern Language Association and the American Studies Association.

• queer and trans of color critique
• queer theory
• critical race theory
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Victor Román Mendoza is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in Women's and Gender Studies, English Language and Literature, and American Culture at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). He currently serves as the Acting Director of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program and is a faculty associate at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. His research focuses on queer and trans of color critique, postcolonial studies, and U.S. imperial cultures, with notable publications including Metroimperial Intimacies: Fantasy, Racial-Sexual Governance, and the Philippines in U.S. Imperialism, 1899-1913 (Duke University Press, 2015) and Extimate Attachments: Colonianormativity and the Promise of Imperial Citizenship . He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. His scholarly interests bridge critical race theory, transnational feminism, and visual cultures. Mendoza’s work has been recognized with prestigious honors, including a finalist nod for the National Book Award in the Philippines. He co-edited Asian American Literature in Transition, 1996-2020 (Cambridge University Press, 2021). Though not currently accepting new graduate students, he has mentored scholars in multiethnic U.S. literature and imperial studies. His academic affiliations include leadership roles in interdisciplinary programs addressing diasporic identities and Southeast Asian studies. Mendoza’s research and teaching emphasize intersections of race, gender, and imperial history, particularly through literary and cultural analysis. His office is located at Lane Hall, and he has contributed to open-access initiatives like Knowledge Unlatched, which supported global accessibility of his work.

Claire Grossmanمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Multiethnic US Literature
• Asian American Literature
• Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Claire Grossman is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of English at Occidental College. Her research and teaching focus on multiethnic US literature, Asian American literature, critical race and ethnic studies, and intersections with political economy. Education: B.A., Wellesley College M.A., Mills College Ph.D., Stanford University Her research explores how post-1965 US literary and policy narratives employ suspense to represent racially ordered and insecure labor conditions. She teaches courses including ENGL 265: White Women, ENGL 289: The American Experience in Literature, and ENGL 362: American Orientalism.

• Latin American History
• Comparative Colonialism
• Portuguese Colonialism
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Hugh Cagle is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Utah, where he also serves as Director of the Diplomacy and International Studies program. His research spans Latin American history, comparative colonialism (particularly Portuguese colonialism in Brazil, India, and Goa), and science and technology studies (STS). He explores how scientific knowledge shaped colonial projects and how medical concepts influenced the construction of 'the tropics' as a geopolitical category. Education: PhD in History from Rutgers University Expertise: Latin American history, Portuguese empire, STS, comparative colonialism Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Latin His award-winning book Assembling the Tropics (2018) redefines the history of the concept of 'tropics' through Portuguese colonial experiences. His current projects examine animal classification under Portuguese rule and Amazonian indigenous technologies. Scientific Awards: Leo Gershoy Award (2019) Rising Star in the Humanities (2018) National Endowment for the Humanities Recipient (2012) His ORCID profile documents further publications and collaborations.

Jin-kyung Leeمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Korean Literature
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Race and Migration Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Jin-kyung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Her work focuses on Korean literature, gender studies, race, migration, and environmentalism. She holds a B.A. in English from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UCLA. Her research explores intersections of South Korean militarism with US empire dynamics, gender/race proletarianization, and global Korean diaspora. She has published influential works like Service Economies (2010) and co-edited Rat Fire (2013) and Island Ablaze (2025). Current projects include a monograph on colonial literary representations of capitalism and liberal ideas in contemporary South Korean popular culture.

Kirstin Squintمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Native American and Indigenous literatures and cultures
• Multi-ethnic literatures
• Women’s and gender studies
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Kirstin Squint serves as Professor in the English Department at East Carolina University, specializing in Native American literatures of the U.S. Southeast. Her distinguished career includes the Whichard Visiting Distinguished Professorship in Humanities (2019-2022) and prior appointments at High Point University, Southern University-Baton Rouge, and Louisiana State University. Her educational background spans a BA from Eureka College, MA from Miami University, and PhD from Louisiana State University. Research focuses on Indigenous literary traditions with interdisciplinary connections to ecocriticism and gender studies. Scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with Native American sovereignty, Southern environmental narratives, and multi-ethnic literary intersections. Her publications demonstrate evolving emphasis from Appalachian identity studies toward climate justice frameworks within Indigenous ecocriticism, particularly examining Gulf Coast and Southeastern tribal communities. ECU Scholar-Teacher Award (2024) American Book Award for criticism (2020) Weatherford Award for nonfiction (2019) CELJ Award for Public Intellectual Special Issue (2023) As faculty in ECU's PhD program in Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication, she mentors doctoral candidates while teaching graduate seminars on Native American literatures and multi-ethnic writing. Her editorial work with North Carolina Literary Review and collaborative projects like Swamp Souths demonstrate significant contributions to regional literary scholarship.

Mathias Seiterمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• German History
• European History
• Jewish Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Mathias Seiter is a Principal Lecturer in History and Associate Head (Academic) at the School of Area Studies, Sociology, History, Politics, and Literature, University of Portsmouth. He joined the university in 2010, previously teaching at the University of Southampton. His academic roles include supervising postgraduate and PhD students in naval, maritime, and coastal history, alongside leading educational initiatives within the faculty. His research focuses on German and Central European history during the long nineteenth century, emphasizing liminal spaces (e.g., port towns and borderlands), identity formation, and German-Jewish history. Key projects include studies on Jewish minorities in German Empire borderlands and naval port towns' cultural dynamics between 1871–1918. He is affiliated with the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, Centre for European and International Studies Research (CEISR), and the Social and Cultural History cluster. Teaching responsibilities include modules on modern German and European history, such as 'The Making of the German Nation.' He supervises postgraduate projects for the Distance Learning MA in Naval, Maritime and Coastal History, MA Victorian Gothic, and MRes Humanities and Social Sciences. His PhD supervision spans 19th and early 20th-century German and European history and culture. Dr. Seiter holds a honorary fellowship at the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations and is a member of the German History Society. His editorial role with the Coastal Studies & Society journal reflects his maritime historical expertise.

• Twentieth-Century American Literature
• Ethnic American Literature
• African American Literature
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Katharine Capshaw is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Connecticut. Her academic work focuses on Twentieth-Century American Literature, African American Literature, Children's Literature, Graphic Novels, and Visual Culture. She explores intersections of race, childhood, and visual media in literary contexts. Specialties include Ethnic American Literature and Critical Theory Her research examines how marginalized communities represent themselves in youth media across historical periods Recent publications analyze Black Arts Movement photography, Civil Rights graphic narratives, and transnational youth literature Capshaw's scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with: Graphic storytelling as historical archive Racial identity in children's media Intersections of visual culture and social justice Comparative analysis of multiethnic youth literature Memory studies in picture books and periodicals Political dimensions of children's reading practices

Lisa Tatonettiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Queer Indigenous Studies
• Ethnic Literature (Native American)
• Women's Studies
• +۱ مورد دیگر

Lisa Tatonetti is a Professor of English and Graduate Faculty member at Kansas State University, specializing in queer Indigenous studies and Native American literature. A settler scholar and Coffman University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, she co-founded the K-State Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance and revived the Kansas Association of Native American Education. She serves on state-level Indigenous education committees and co-created the annual Indigenous Peoples Day symposium, which attracts over 500 participants. Ph.D., Ohio State University (2001) B.A., Florida State University Her research focuses on Queer Indigenous literatures , exploring intersections of gender expansiveness, cultural sovereignty, and Indigenous epistemologies. She has co-edited Sovereign Erotics , authored The Queerness of Native American Literature , and published Written by the Body , which earned a Rockefeller Fellowship and the Beatrice Medicine Award. Key publications analyze Two-Spirit narratives , decolonizing queer theory , and Indigenous gender frameworks , reflecting her work in advancing Indigenous literary criticism through interdisciplinary lenses. Scientific Awards Wordcraft Circle Pathfinder Award Foreword Review Book of the Year Award Thomas J. Lyons Book Award ALD’s Recommended Reading List Beatrice Medicine Award for Best Published Monograph Ron Gaches Lifetime Teaching Award Tatonetti teaches Indigenous literatures and film, multiethnic literatures, and queer studies as part of K-State’s Cultural Studies track. She collaborates with Indigenous communities to create educational initiatives, including the Indigenous Peoples Day symposium.

• Black Feminist Theory
• African American Literature
• Hip Hop Studies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dana Horton is an Associate Professor of English and Race, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at St. Olaf College, serving as Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Northeastern University and a B.A. in English and African American Studies from Temple University. Her research focuses on Black Feminist Theory, Hip Hop Studies, African American Literature, and intersections of spirituality in cultural production. Dr. Horton advocates for pedagogical approaches using popular culture, encouraging students to connect course material to personal experiences. She co-edits The Journal of Hip Hop Studies and has published works like Gender, Genre, and Race in Post-Neo-Slave Narratives (2022) and Don’t You Fuck with My Energy , an autoethnography exploring occult spirituality in Hip Hop. Her recent scholarship critiques traditional academic frameworks and highlights marginalized narratives in cultural studies. Her teaching portfolio includes courses like Black Science Fiction and Hip Hop Feminism. She actively challenges boundaries between academia and community through interdisciplinary approaches. Outside academia, she enjoys biking, volleyball, collecting purple items, and spontaneous walks.

Erik R. Scottمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Modern Russia
• Eurasia
• Soviet Union
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Erik R. Scott is the John P. Black Professor of History at the University of Kansas, serving as Director of the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies and Editor of The Russian Review . His research focuses on modern Russia, the Soviet Union, Cold War history, migration, diaspora, and global international relations. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, with research fellowships at the Kennan Institute and Georgetown University. Research Interests: Dr. Scott explores migration patterns, Cold War legacies, and Soviet empire dynamics through lenses of diaspora, border policies, and cultural exchange. His award-winning works include Defectors (2023), analyzing Cold War refugee systems, and Familiar Strangers (2016), examining the Georgian diaspora’s role in Soviet evolution. Current projects include a history of the Soviet Union’s collapse through sports. Teaching: He teaches courses on Russian history, the global Cold War, and diaspora studies, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches using film, literature, and everyday life analysis. Awards & Grants: Recipient of NEH, ACLS, and Fulbright-Hays grants. His books have won multiple prizes, including the Ferrell Book Prize and Johns Family Award. Labs/Teams: Leads the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies and co-founded the Cold War in the Heartland digital humanities project for educators.

Alexander Manshelمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• 20th/21st-Century American Literature
• Multi-Ethnic American Literature
• Sociology of Literature
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alexander Manshel is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at McGill University. His research focuses on 20th/21st-century American literature, multiethnic fiction, and literary institutions. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and has taught at both McGill and Stanford. His first monograph, Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (2023), examines how historical recovery politics reshaped literary canons, particularly for writers of color. Current projects include a history of high school English curricula and studies on literary prizes, audiobooks, and television adaptations. Recent publications analyze National Book Award trends, literary anthologies, and the cultural role of audiobooks. Manshel has received teaching awards from McGill (2023) and holds grants from SSHRC and FRQSC for research on race and literary canons. He supervises graduate students interested in contemporary literature, canon formation, and literary institutions. His work bridges digital humanities and traditional criticism, exploring how technology and cultural institutions shape literary production and reception.