D.E. St. John (he/him/his) is a teacher, writer, and researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
I research representations of colonial trauma and the environment in Contemporary World Literature, with special attention to East Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Rim regions.
My Background
Since obtaining my PhD from Georgia State University in May 2020, I have published articles that examine hydro-colonialism in the Pacific and automobility in India, written poetry that interrogates the intersections of grief, culture, and memory, and taught graduate and undergraduate seminars at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
PhD., English
Georgia State University, 2020
M.A., English
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 2014
B.A. English
University of Tennessee 2001
Research
My recent research spans the fields of Postcolonial Theory, Ecocriticism, Global Anglophone Literature, and Asian American Studies. My specific interests models of the Anthropocene, representations of postcolonial trauma, and narratives of cultural memory in East Asian, Asian American, and mixed race communities.
My dissertation, co-directed by Drs. Jay Rajiva and Randy Malamud, focused on “traffic” as a lens through which to evaluate global models of non-human agency. Since, I’ve published articles on Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being, and Lee Ann Roripaugh’s Tsunami vs. Fukushima 50, and presented my research at regional, national, and international academic conferences.
Poetry
Sample poems and essays on craft can be found at my free substack, Horse, Flag, and Umbrella. Click the link to the right for more.
My poetry has been featured in Prairie Schooner, The Atlanta Review, Cutthroat, BODY, and in other online and printed journals.
