Su Senapati
Professor of Instruction
CONTACT
Office: SMC B128
Phone: 941-359-4323
Email
BIO
Dr. Su Senapati received her PhD in English Literature from the University of South Florida. Her areas of interest are world literature, American Ethnic literature and the literature of climate change. In 2016, she developed the first literature of climate change course offered at USF. She has contributed several articles to different literary encyclopedias such as, Encyclopedia of the Environment in American Literature, Themes in Literature, and Asian-American Literature. Below are noteworthy achievements by Dr. Senapati.
RECENT SERVICE AFFILIATIONS
ETS AP Literature | IB World Literature
EDUCATION
MA University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
PhD University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
TEACHING
Literature of Climate Change: Cli-Fi | African American Literature | US Latino/a Literature | Introduction to Literature
RESEARCH
“Honoring the Black Family and Fatherhood in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child." Conflicts in Comradeship: Critical Responses About the Black Family in Toni Morrison's God Help the Child. Ed. Natalie King-Pedroso and Rhone Fraser. Lexington Books, 2020.
“Ramayana’s Hanuman – Animal, Human or Divine” The Human- Animal Boundary: Exploring the Line in Philosophy and Fiction. Ed. N. Batra and M. Wenning, Lexington Books, 2019.
“Back to Basics: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and the Ethics of Survival in the Age of the Anthropocene Waste.” College English Association, March 2019.
AWARDS & ELECTED OFFICES
Dr. Kathleen Moore Women in Leadership and Philanthropy (WLP) for research in Anthropocene / Climate Fiction, 2020. C4 Mellon Grant 2017 and 2019