Eshe Mercer-James
eshe@yorku.ca
B.A. Columbia University (English Literature and Creative Writing); M.ISt. University of Toronto (Library Studies); M.A. ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ (English Literature); Ph.D. ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ (English Literature), nominated for the Mary McEwan Memorial Award for feminist research.
Eshe's research explores Black diasporic literature, focusing on its presentations of gender and language. I specialize in American writing, particularly the nineteenth century, but my dissertation included contemporary women’s novels and Caribbean writers. I am also interested in questions of genre and popular culture.