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Berit Åström is an Associate Professor of English Literature at Umeå University, where she specializes in gender studies and cultural studies. Her work emphasizes critical kinship studies, examining themes such as the representation of mothers in literature, film, and television. Åström teaches literature, language proficiency, and academic writing, supervising both BA and MA theses, as well as doctoral students. Her recent research explores the roles and representations of mothers, focusing on works that discuss American advice literature for single mothers and intersectional analyses related to masculinity, femininity, and parenthood. Åström is currently working on projects including an examination of AI in speculative fiction and an anthology analyzing the works of American afrofuturist author N.K. Jemisin. She is involved in various research groups and projects, contributing to the discourse on kinship and cultural representation in contemporary narratives.
Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden
Teaches literature, language proficiency, and academic writing; supervises BA, MA, and doctoral students.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.