Professor of English, Director of Africana Studies What are your research interests?Women, gender & sexuality studies, postcolonial studies, transnational feminist theories, Caribbean and Black diaspora studies, Indo-Caribbean literature, francophone literature, African, African-American and American studies, 20 and 21st centuries, migration and diaspora studies, Afro-Russian studies.What classes are you teaching at Lehigh?Postcolonial and Caribbean LiteratureWhat degrees do you hold and where did you earn them?Ph.D., comparative literature, Rutgers University, New BrunswickM.A., comparative literature, Rutgers University, New BrunswickM.A., philology, Universitet Druzby Narodof, Moscow, Russia; B.A., philology, Universitet, Druzby Narodof, Moscow, RussiaWhat was your previous institution?Seton Hall UniversityWhat do you enjoy most about teaching?Engaging with students, having an interactive classroom—interacting and learning from students, witnessing students' growth, building a relationship with students.Why did you choose Lehigh?Support for research and teaching, great opportunities for partnerships and collaborations, the focus on work-life balance, location.
