Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Rutgers University
11 Sanborn House
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Shalene.Vasquez@Dartmouth.EDU
My primary interests are African American, Caribbean and other Black diasporic literatures. My current book project, “Laughing Across Borders,” examines the deployment of humor in various twentieth-century diasporic works. I am also passionate about reading and writing poetry.
“The Deployment of Humor, Song and Signifying in Asserting Black Diasporic Identity in Aimé Césaire’s A Tempest,” The Journal of Religion and Theatre, Fall 2005.
“Anja,” Inlet: Rutgers Literary Magazine, Spring 2002.
“Rialto,” “My Father,” The Prism, Colgate University, Spring 1999.
