Professional Title:
Assistant Teaching Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Humanities
Email:
Office:
COB2-351
Education:
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 2020
Laura magristrale con lode (equivalent of M.A. with Honors) in Modern, Comparative, and Postcolonial Liteartures, Università di Bologna, 2013
Graduate Coursework in Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2007-8
B.A. with Honors in "Writing and Environmental Ethics" (Individually Designed Major), Stanford University, 2007
Research Interests:
- Environmental Humanities
- Animal Studies
- Ecocriticism
- 20-21st Century Italian and Latin American Literatures
- Latin American Dictatorships
- Sicilian Literatures
- Creative Writing
Bio:
Professor Bristin Scalzo Jones was one of the creators of the Environmental Humanities program at UC Merced. She will serve as Program Coordinator of Environmental Humanities starting in Fall 2024.
