Jeannine Murray-Román (JMR)
Associate Professor of French and Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University
Photo by Kate Bredeson, 2015.
My research focuses on comparative Caribbean literatures with an emphasis on postcolonial, transnational, digital humanities, and performance studies. I’ve published articles in Interventions, French Screen Studies, New Centennial Review, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Small Axe, among others. My monograph, Performance and Personhood in Caribbean Literature, was published by the University of Virginia Press in February, 2016.
At FSU, I work with graduate students interested in comparative methodologies and the Caribbean region and I teach a range of cultural studies, and media and conversation courses.
I have always been so lucky to work on writing in collective settings, from the Dartmouth composition center as a peer editor in college; as a peer editor, dissertation and prospectus boot camp leader, and creator of workshops from “genres of the academic job application” to conference paper preparation at the Graduate Writing Center at UCLA; and in writing groups and partnerships as guided by Dr. Wendy Belcher when we were both grad students, as well as the NFDCC program created by Dr. Kerryann Rockquemore. Writing exchanges with beloved colleagues, writing accountability partners, and writing friends are the most joyous part of my job; likewise, coaching is my favorite mode of pedagogy. If you are at a stage in your career where working with a writing coach or book doctor would benefit you, I warmly invite you to visit my book doctoring page and contact me either in the form below or directly at jeanninemurrayroman@gmail.com