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Shalene A. M. Vásquez

Assistant Professor of English
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Departments and Programs

  • English

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Contact Information

Email: shalene.vasquez@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-9927
Office: 6032 Sanborn House

Education

B.A. Colgate University; Ph.D. Rutgers University

Areas of Expertise

Black diasporic literature; vernacular poetry

Selected Works

  • "The Deployment of Humor, Song, and Signifying in Asserting Black Diasporic Identity in Aimé Cesaire's A Tempest," The Journal of Religion and Theatre, 4:2 (Fall 2005) 189-196.
  • "Anja," Inlet: Rutgers Literary Magazine, (Spring 2002).
  • "Rialto," "My Father," The Prism: Colgate Literary Magazine, (Spring 1999).

Current Projects

African-American literature; black women writers; Caribbean poetry; humor in black diasporic literature; black diasporic drama; critical race theory; representations of art in literature