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Melissa Foley Eddy Perez To nominate an outstanding LSU faculty member for the Flagship Faculty honor, please e-mail the LSU Today. The deadline to submit news items for the LSU Today e-mail newsletter is noon on the day prior to publication. Please enter calendar items on the LSU Master Calendar.
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What was your previous position and where?After I received my Ph.D. in 2002, I took up a tenure track position at Utah State University, where I remained untill 2004.What brought you to LSU?I applied for a position in post-colonial studies at LSU because of the collegial and dynamic environment in the English department.What are your research interests?I work on post-colonial literature. More specifically, my research focuses on the narratives that people sharing a history of British colonialism construct about each other.What do you hope to accomplish at LSU?I hope that both my undergraduate and graduate classes in post-colonial literature diversify the range of classes we offer at LSU.What do you enjoy most about LSU?My colleagues, many of whom are dear friends; my graduate students, for the intellectual stimulation they provide and their enthusiasm for academic life; and my undergraduate students, particularly those who look at the world differently after reading post-colonial literature for the first time.What are your major accomplishments?My first book, "Afrindian Fictions: Diaspora, Race and National Desire in South Africa," and advising some wonderful graduate students who have been offered tenure-track positions in a very difficult job market.
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