Dr. Arielle Stambler
Assistant Professor of English and Africana Studies
Dr. Arielle Stambler is as an assistant professor in the English department and Africana studies program at Mercer University. In 2024, she earned her Ph.D. in English at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she also taught undergraduate courses in literary studies and composition. She previously taught English literature and American culture courses at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University.
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of California, Los Angeles
- M.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles
- B.A., English, Yale University
Specialty
Postcolonial literature, African and Caribbean literature, human rights, memory studies, studies of the novel
Professional Interests
Dr. Stambler’s research sits at the intersection of postcolonial literature, cultural memory studies, and the politics of human rights. Her current book-project, entitled The Social Rights Imaginary of the Contemporary Postcolonial Novel, examines how 21st century African and Caribbean fiction remakes international human rights discourse to contest contemporary economic imperialism.
Recent Publications
- “Feeling Implicated by Fiction: Imbolo Mbue’s How Beautiful We Were and the Remaking of Human Rights Narrative.” Feeling Implicated: Affect, Responsibility, Solidarity (II), special issue of parallax, 30.1, edited by Stefano Bellin, Jennifer Noji, Michael Rothberg, and Arielle Stambler. March 2024.
- “The Language of Ireland’s Six-Inch Map: Theorizing Standardization in Brian Friel’s Translations.” ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 52.2, pp. 39-70, 10.1353/ari.2021.0011. April 2021.
Contact Dr. Arielle Stambler
(478) 301-5656
stambler_a@mercer.edu
Office: Ryals Hall, Room 201