Who We Are

Program Contact Information

Graduate Advisors: Dr. Su-ching Huang and Dr. Kirstin Squint

MTLFF Area Coordinator: Dr. Andrea Kitta

Multicultural and Transnational Literatures, Film & Folklore Faculty


Dr. Ellen Arnold (Associate Professor Emerita)

Julie Fay (Professor Emerita)

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

Dr. Anna Froula (Film and Media Studies)

Dr. Marame Gueye (African and African Diaspora Literature)

Dr. Su-ching Huang (Asian American Literature and Sinophone Cinema/Literature)

Dr. Andrea Kitta (Folklore)

Dr. Amanda Klein (Film and Media Studies)

Dr. Kirstin Squint (Native American Literature and Latinx Literature)

Dr. Rick Taylor (Professor Emerita)

Dr. Reggie Watson (African American Literature)


Affiliated Faculty


Gera Miles (African American Literature)

Carla Pastor (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 Thomas (Poetry, Creative Writing)