Emily Barber

Emily is a PhD student in Comparative Literature. Originally from Martin, Tennessee, she received her BA in Philosophy from Grinnell College in 2021, and has spent the last two years living in Madrid, Spain, and Bloomington, Indiana, working as an English and reading teacher at the high school and elementary school level. Emily’s research interests include South African literature, postcolonial theory, Latin American literature and theory, and racial identity formation. In her free time, Emily likes to engage in political activism for causes around social and racial justice, and take long walks outside.