Giselle Liza Anatol

Giselle Anatol
  • Professor
  • Director, J Wayne and Elsie M Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction
  • Interim Director, Hall Center for the Humanities
  • English

Contact Info

Phone:
785-864-2575
Wescoe Hall 3001
Lawrence
1445 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

Anatol's primary fields of interest are Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora Literature, especially 20th- and 21st-century women's writing, African American Literature, and Children's and Young Adult Literature, particularly representations of race, ethnicity, and gender in narratives for young people.

Education —

Ph.D. in English, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
B.A., Yale University, College of Arts and Sciences

Research —

Research interests:

  • Caribbean literature
  • African diaspora literature
  • Popular culture
  • Vampire literature
  • Speculative Fiction (sci fi, fantasy, horror, etc.)

Teaching —

Teaching interests:

  • Caribbean literature
  • African American literature
  • Children's and young adult literature

Selected Publications —

Anatol, G. L. (2017). “The Soucouyant, and Other Bloodsucking, Skin-Shedding Female Monsters” . Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, & Culture , 52(3), 191-198.

Anatol, G. L. (2016). "_Brown_Girl_Dreaming_: A Ghost Story in the Postcolonial Gothic Tradition". Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 41(4), 403-419.

Anatol, G. L. (2015). The Things That Fly in the Night: Female Vampires in Literature of the Circum-Caribbean and African Diaspora, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.