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Office: Stabler Hall聽501-W
Phone: 501-916-3161
Email: [email protected]
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of Kentucky (2011)
- M.A., University of Kentucky (2001)
- B.A., Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (1998)
Areas of Focus
- African American Literature, Caribbean Literature, U.S. Ethnic Literatures, Postcolonial Studies, Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies, and Literature and Social Justice.
Publications
- 鈥淭he Healing Powers of Literature: Edwidge Danticat鈥檚 Response to Genocide in The Farming of Bones.” Callaloo. Forthcoming.
- Book review of Imitation Nation: Red, White, and Blackface in Early and Antebellum U.S. Literature, by Jason Richards. Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, vol. 36, no. 1, 2019, pp. 153-55.
- 鈥淭ransformando a Universidade e a Sociedade coa Aprendizaxe a trav茅s do Voluntariado,鈥� V Xornada Universitaria Galega en X茅nero: Transformando dende a Universidade, Vigo, 7 July 2017, edited by Anabel Gonz谩lez Pen铆n, Eva Aguayo Lorenzo, Ana Jes煤s L贸pez D铆az, Universidade de Vigo, Servizo de Publicaci贸ns, pp. 83-92.
- 鈥溾�橢verything remains the same and yet nothing is the same鈥�: Neocolonialism in the Caribbean Diaspora through the Language of Family and Servitude.鈥� Journal of International Women鈥檚 Studies, Special Issue: Toward Caribbeanness, vol. 17, no. 3, 2016, pp. 102-116.
- 鈥溾�橝ll o鈥� we is one鈥�: Citizenship, Migration, and Black Nationalism in the Postcolonial Era.鈥� Callaloo, vol. 37, no. 1, 2014, pp. 89-111.
- 鈥�(In)visibility, Trauma, and Memory in the Black Hispanic Experience: Black Female Bodies in Loida Maritza P茅rez鈥檚 Geographies of Home.鈥� Op. Cit.: Revista del Centro de Investigaciones Hist贸ricas, vol. 20, 2011-2012, pp. 289-316.
- 鈥淩omancing the Caribbean: Tourism, Neocolonialism, and Intra-Racial Dislocations in the African Diaspora.鈥� Caribbean InTransit, vol. 2, no. 3, 2012, pp. 23-37.
- 鈥淩acial Uplift Ideology and Black Womanhood in Frances Harper鈥檚 Serialized Novels.鈥� Popular Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers and the Literary Marketplace, edited by Earl Yarington and Mary De Jong, Cambridge Scholars P, 2007, pp. 405-31.
- 鈥淕etting a Taste of the Other: The Eighteenth-Century British Novel as the Epitome of Masquerade.鈥� Cultura, Lenguaje y Representaci贸n / Culture, Language and Representation, vol. 1, 2004, pp. 55-67.
- 鈥淣arrating the African Self in the Late Eighteenth Century: Issues of Voice, Authority, and Identity in Gronniosaw鈥檚 1770 Narrative.鈥� Journal of Kentucky Studies, vol. 20, 2003, pp. 117-22.
- 鈥淣arrating the Slave Self in the Americas: Issues of Authority, Voice, and Identity in Cuban Narratives of Slavery.鈥� Journal of Caribbean Studies, vol. 17, no.1-2, 2002, pp. 33-50.
Courses Taught at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock
- Afrofuturism and Black Speculative Fiction
- Migration Literature
- African American Literature II
- African American Literature I
- Studies in Major American Writers: Toni Morrison
- Law and Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- Women in Literature
- Neo-Slave Narratives
- Black Protest Literature
- Black Crime and Literature
- Literature and Social Justice (service-learning course)
- Narratives of Slavery (service-learning course)
- African American Women鈥檚 Activism and Literature (service-learning course)
- Approaches to Literature
- World Literature
- Black Masculinities (Honors tutorial)
- Arab Women Writers (Honors tutorial)
- Native American Literature (Honors tutorial)
Selected Professional Activities on Campus
- Co-Director of the (Fall 2019 – Fall 2023, Fall 2025 – Spring 2028)
- Affiliated faculty member of the Gender Studies Program
- Former Gender Studies Coordinator (Fall 2022 – Summer 2025)
- Faculty senator
- Member of the Online Campus Advisory Board (Fall 2020 – May 2022, Fall 2025 – present)
- Member of the Disability Resource Center Advisory Board (Spring 2023 – present)
- Member of the Safe Zone Committee
- Associate faculty member of the Institute on Race and Ethnicity
Honors and Awards
- Signature Experience Grant for the undergraduate research project 鈥淭he Masculine Spectrum: Exploring Black Masculinities in Alice Walker鈥檚 The Color Purple and Toni Morrison鈥檚 Song of Solomon鈥� with Kaitlin Jackson ($800), 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock (10/2023)
- Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock (04/2023)
- Summer Research and Creative Activities Fellowship, College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education ($4,000 stipend), 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock (04/2023)
- Pilot Jumpstart Teaching and Learning Expo Winner in the “Equity, Inclusion, and Pedagogy of Care” Category ($1,000 stipend) (05/2022)
- Jumpstart Teaching Award for the proposal, 鈥淐ourse Redesign of Asynchronous Core Class with an Emphasis on Accessibility, Equity, and Inclusion.鈥� Part of 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Pilot Jumpstart Program for Teaching and Learning, created by the Provost Office. ($2,400 stipend) (02/2022)
- ATLE Teaching Stamina Award (12/2021)
- ATLE Lifetime Participation Award (05/2021)
- ATLE Master Teacher Award (05/2021)
- ATLE Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award (05/2020)
- ATLE Teaching Fellow Award (05/2020)
- ATLE Professional Development Certificate (05/2020)
- Student Advocate Award, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock (05/2020)
- Scientific Teaching Fellow Certificate 2019-2020 in recognition of demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education, Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching (Summer 2019)
- Faculty Excellence Award in Public Service, College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock (2017)
- Graduation and Retention Advocate Award (2014 and 2015)
- ATLE New Faculty Teaching Commendation (2013)
- ATLE Professional Development Certificate (2013)
- ATLE Summer Teaching Institute (2012)
- CAHSS Summer Research Grant (2011-2012)