Program Contact Information

MTLFF Area Coordinator: Dr. Andrea Kitta
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Kirstin Squint

Multicultural and Transnational Literatures, Film & Folklore Faculty


Dr. Ellen Arnold (Associate Professor Emerita)

Julie Fay (Professor Emerita)

Dr. Seodial Deena (Professor, African American Literature and Caribbean Literature)

Dr. Anna Froula (Associate, Professor, Film and Media Studies)

Dr. Marame Gueye ( Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Literature)

Dr. Andrea Kitta (Professor, Folklore)

Dr. Amanda Klein (Professor, Film and Media Studies)

Dr. Kirstin Squint (Associate Professor, Native American Literature and Latinx Literature)

Dr. Rick Taylor (Professor Emerita)

Dr. Reggie Watson (Associate Professor, African American Literature)


Affiliated Faculty


Gera Miles (African American Literature)

Jennifer Sisk (Native American and Global Literature)

Dr. Will Banks (Rhetoric and Composition, LGBTQ+ Literature)

Dr. Matthew Cox (Technical and Professional Communication, LGBTQ+ Literature)

Dr. Helena Feder (Environmental Literature and Jewish Literature)

Dr. Amber Flora Thomas (Poetry, Creative Writing)