AV俱乐部

Remarks:
My areas of teaching and research are 20^th and 21^st century literature and cultural production with a particular emphasis on texts that deal with issues of gender, race, and migration. I am a trained postcolonialist, which is a core aspect of my teaching interests, and I am cross-appointed in the Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies program. My research focuses on literature about the children of immigrants, 鈥渢he second generation,鈥� across national and ethnic lines. I am particularly interested in how second generation literature mobilizes the conventions of coming of age narratives, the relationship between myth, memory and history, and the representation of intergenerational and intragenerational relationships to produce future-facing stories that suggest hope and possibility in trying times.

Selected Publications:

• Against!: Rebellious Daughters in Black Immigrant Fiction in the United States. Ohio State University Press, 2025.
• The Daughters of Immigrants: A Multidisciplinary Study. Co-editor. Lexington Press, 2023.

Awards & Distinctions

• Poetry in Motion, Nova Scotia Writers Federation, 2020
• The Belong Fellowship, AV俱乐部, 2020

Scholars in the Media

• 鈥淓xcalibur #20: The Eye of the Beholder.鈥� The Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast. July 2021.
• 鈥淟iving In Colour: 2020, The Rise of Racial Awareness.鈥� Global News. December 2020.