Faculty Interest: Contemporary American Literature
Nicole Berland
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email: berland@live.unc.edu
Contemporary American Literature Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Narrative Theory Pedagogy Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction Visual Culture and Arts Writing In The Disciplines
Ben Bolling
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email: bbolling@ad.unc.edu
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Creative Writing Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Digital Humanities Digital Rhetorics Drama Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Literature and History Media Studies Narrative Theory Performance Studies Popular Music and Literature Queer Theory Rhetoric, Composition and Literacy Science Fiction Social Justice Southern Literature Visual Culture and Arts
Carlina Duan
Assistant Professor / Walker Percy Fellow
Email: ccduan@unc.edu
Aesthetics American Literature 1900 to the present Asian American Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Literature and History Pedagogy Poetry and Poetics Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Social Justice Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Sarah Leilani Parijs
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: slparijs@unc.edu
American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Environmental Justice Studies Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Genre Theory Literature and Science Literature, Medicine and Culture Post-Colonial Literature and Theory Posthumanism Science Fiction Science Writing Travel Writing
Melissa Faliveno
Assistant Professor / Margaret R. Shuping Fellow
Email: faliveno@unc.edu
American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1900 to the Present Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Digital Humanities Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Queer Theory The Novel Women Writers
A. Kendra Greene
Visiting Writer
Teaching Professor - Assistant, Associate, or FullEmail: giraffe@unc.edu
Aesthetics Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Environmental Studies German Literature and Culture History of the Book Literature and Philosophy Literature and Religion Literature and Science Literature of the Americas Literature, Medicine and Culture Media Studies Performance Studies Philosophy Of Language Science Writing Social Justice Travel Writing Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Ylce Irizarry
Associate Professor / Norman and Dorothy Eliason Scholar
Email: ylceiriz@unc.edu
Aesthetics American Literature to 1900 to the present Contemporary American Literature Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature Critical Race Studies Critical Theory and Cultural Studies Ecocriticism Environmental Studies Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Film and Media Studies Genre Theory Latina / Latino Literature Literature of the Americas Narrative Theory Science Fiction Social Justice The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
Angela Velez
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email: amvelez@unc.edu
Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Depictions Of The Child Latina / Latino Literature The Novel Women Writers
Julia Ridley Smith
Teaching Assistant Professor
Email: jsmith8@unc.edu
Aesthetics African American Literature American Literature from 1789 to 1900 American Literature to 1900 to the present British Literature from 1789 to 1900 Comparative Literature Contemporary American Literature Creative Writing Feminist Historiography Feminist Theory And Gender & Sexuality Studies Irish Literature Literature and History Southern Literature The Novel Visual Culture and Arts Women Writers
