Melissa Schindler
Area(s) of Expertise: Postcolonial Studies, World literatures, African literatures, U.S. literature after 1865, Queer Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
Overview
Melissa E. Schindler’s teaching and research have been shaped by international experiences. She has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Mozambique, a Fulbright student fellow in Brazil, and an academic researcher in Sri Lanka and India. She is currently working on a book manuscript on how the work of African-American artists engages with Latin America. Her research can be found in Research in African Literatures, South Asian Review, Pre-Text, and Obsidian.
Education
- Ph.D., English, Suny University at Buffalo, 2016
- B.A., English and TESFL, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles
Courses Taught
- English 1101—Composition I
- English 1102—Composition II
- English 2112—World Literature II
- English 3350—Postcolonial World Literature
- English 3360—African Literatures & Cultures
Research/Special Interests
Dr. Schindler is currently working on a book manuscript about the historical engagement between Black-American artists and Latin America.
Publications
- “From the Margin to the Fold: The Imprint of Toni Morrison on the Writing of Akwaeke Emezi.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 52, No. 2: 227-245.
- “Resisting Narratives: An African Soldier in Sri Lanka’s Anticolonial Struggle.” South Asian Review. Published online May 2022. Scheduled for print publication in 2023, Vol. 44.
- “The Black Atlantic.” The Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Fiction. Ed. Lesley Larkin. Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia: 2021.
- “Archive fever and the missing queer Dutchman: Case File K626.” Pre/Text: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory, 24 (Spring 2019): 59-80.
- “How Hemingway’s Cats Will Save Literary Studies.” Caesura—Journal of Philological and Humanistic Studies. 4.2 (2018): 45-66.
- “‘Ser mulher não tem ligação com feminismo nem com opção sexual!’: a teoria em prática num banheiro público.” Corpo, Arte, Tecnologia, ed. Bastos, A., De Souza, E. M., and LaGuardia, A. R. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG: 2017.
- “A solidão da escuridão”: On Visual Impairment and the Visibility of Race.” Libre Acceso: Latin American Literature and Film through Disability Studies, ed. Antebi, S. and J Jörgensen, Beth E. SUNY Press: 2016.
- “Home, or the Limits of the Black Atlantic.” Research in African Literatures 45.3 (2014): 72-90.
Work Experience
- Lecturer of African and African-American Studies, Buffalo State College, 2015-2018
- Lecturer of English, SUNY Buffalo, 2013-2016
- Visiting Professor, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Brazil, 2012