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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.
Selected Publications:
“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.
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