Melissa Schindler

Melissa Schindler

Associate Professor

Coordinator

Phone470-239-3118

Office locationUniversity Center 400, 285, Cumming

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. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02759527.2022.2072587
  • “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