Meleena Gil
Assistant Professor of English
Department: English
Email: mgil@elon.edu
Phone number: (336) 278-5308
Professional Expertise
Brief Biography
Meleena Gil (they/them) is a first-generation US American and college graduate. Having earned their PhD in English and Comparative Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill, their work focuses on the intersections between queer and trans studies, health humanities, and eco-criticism as they manifest in contemporary Latinx literature.
News & Notes
Education
PhD -- English and Comparative Literature; Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. -- English Literature; minor in Psychology
University of Central Florida
Courses Taught
ENG 1100: Writing Argument and Inquiry
Introduction to Latinx Studies
Latinx Health Narratives
Publications
“Alienism and the Latinx Child: Growing Sideways in The Grief Keeper” Forthcoming.
“Feral Chicas: The Adult(erated/ified) Figure of the Child in Lilliam Rivera’s YA Novel Dealing in Dreams” in “Latinx Futurity in Young Adult and Children’s Literature” special issue of Chiricú, vol. 9, no. 1, 2024.
“Narrating Around Disability: Using The Book of Unknown Americans to Teach Bioethics” Latino Studies, 2024. DOI: 10.1057/s41276-024-00486-y
Book Review: “Francisco J. Galarte’s Brown Trans Figurations” Chiricú, vol. 8, no. 1, 2024. DOI: 10.2979/chj.00019
“Okay, Boomer: TikToks and Zines as Postmodernist Genres” Dilettante Army. 2024. https://dilettantearmy.com/articles/evading-capture-tiktoks-and-zines-as-postmodernist-genres