Njeri Githire
612-625-1687
African American and African Studies 848 Social Sci Tower
Department Affiliations
Specialties
- Literatures of the African Diaspora
- Literatures of Immigration and Racial Formation in the African Diasporic Sphere
- Women’s writing
- Feminist Theory
- Postcolonial Theory and Criticism
- Francophone studies
- African Cinema
Educational Background
- Ph.D.: Comparative Literature & Women's Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 2004.
- Doctoral Studies: Francophone African Literatures, Centre International d’Études Francophones (CIEF)/Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1999-.
- D.E.A (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies): Francophone African Literatures, Université de Paris XII—Val de Marne, Créteil, France, 1999.
- Maîtrise ès lettres: Stylistics & Translation, Université de Paris III—Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France, 1997.
- Licence ès lettres: Foreign Languages & Literatures (English, French, Portuguese), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France, 1993.
Publications
- “The Female Pioneer in Monique Agénor’s L’Aïeule de l’isle Bourbon” : Githire, Njeri R, The French Review.
- Githire, Njeri R. "New Visions, New Voices: Emerging Perspectives in East African Fiction." Transition 101
- “The Semiotics of (Not)-Eating: Fasting, Anorexia, & Hunger Strike in Ananda Devi’s Le voile de Draupadi”: Githire, Njeri R, 2009.
- “Horizons Adrift: Women in Exile, at Home and Abroad in Gisèle Pineau’s Works.”. Githire, Njeri R, Research in African Literatures 36.1, Author, (Spring 2005): 74-90. Link
- “Gisèle Pineau: Causerie á Penn State,” Women in French Studies 9. Githire, Njeri R, (with C. Makward), Author, 2001.
Research Activities
- Consuming Passions: Consumption, Encounter and Gender in Caribbean and Indian Ocean Women’s Writings: Book project examines the use of metaphors of assimilation and incorporation (ingestion, regurgitation, etc) by Caribbean and Indian Ocean women writers in the construction and performance of subjectivities that unfold in tangent to a dominant culture, 2004 - 2009
- "Voices From Ex/isle: Caribbean and Indian Ocean Women Writers Break Geographical Confines.": Book Project
Courses Taught
- GLOS 5900 - “Immigrant Dreams & Contemporary African Diasporic Literatures”;
- Afro 3601 - Introduction to African Literature
- Afro 3592W - Introduction to Black Women Writers in the United States
Alternative Output Formats