Stacey Kimberly Balkan

Assistant Professor Office: L-325 Phone: 201-689-7040 Email: sbalkan@bergen.edu

Degrees: MA in English/Postcolonial Studies, Montclair State University & BA in English/Women's Studies, Montclair State University

Year Started at BCC: 2005

Areas of Specialization: Subaltern Women's Literatures, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Alternative Narrative Structures in the Postmodern Novel

Courses Taught: College Writing I & II, American Literature I & II, World Literature II, American Ethnic Fiction, Middle Eastern Women's Literature, Contemporary Latin American Literature

Research Interests: Subaltern Literatures, Resistance Poetry, Postcolonial & Gender criticism and theory, and Contemporary Muslim Women’s Literature

Special Interests: cycling, jazz, and Italian cinema