About
Jace Jung is a second year Ph.D. student in English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. His research is on contemporary global Anglophone literature (centered on oceans), Asian diasporic cultural production, ecocriticism, and posthuman theory. His research is invested in examining how diasporic and Asian American writers use water to entangle narratives, the environment, and racial identity formation and critique neocolonialism.
Research Focus
- Contemporary Global Anglophone (centered on oceans)
- Asian American literature
- Caribbean literature
- Ecocriticsm
- Posthuman and New Materialist Theory
Department Service: Co-coordinator, Critical Conversations
