Teaching

I have taught courses on the short story in world literature, banned books, African literatures, and English composition and rhetoric. In my current position at the University of Georgia, when I am appointed in both Comparative Literature and African studies, I am lucky enough to teach courses that introduce students to the enormous breadth of literatures from the African continent, and give them opportunities to move beyond the African texts that they are likely to encounter in other classes. To this end, in addition to teaching “Introduction to Modern African Literatures,” I also teach a course on “African Narratives of HIV/AIDS,” which focuses on the ways in which Southern African writers and filmmakers have used their art forms to rethink questions of subjectivity in the context of the epidemic. I am currently in the process of proposing new courses on Zimbabwean literature and the global short story.

At the graduate level, I have taught a variety of courses on theories of “world literature,” postcolonial theory and literature, literary theory, and an introduction to the field of African studies. In grad courses, I place an emphasis on introducing students to new ideas and essential works on a topic, while at the same time providing them with ample space to practice their engagement with these ideas, both in the seminar room and in their written assignments.