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Elizabeth DeLoughrey is a Professor in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her scholarly work focuses on postcolonial literature and environmental humanities, particularly exploring how literature can engage with pressing ecological issues. DeLoughrey is the founder and coordinator of the UCLA Postcolonial Literature and Theory Colloquium, which she led from 2015 to 2020. She has played a critical role in interdisciplinary research, co-editing the open access journal Environmental Humanities. Her notable publications include 'Routes and Roots: Navigating Caribbean and Pacific Literatures,' and the edited volumes 'Caribbean Literature and the Environment: Nature and Culture' and 'Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment.' Her recent book, 'Allegories of the Anthropocene,' was published by Duke University Press in 2019 and examines themes of climate change and empire through literary and visual arts. DeLoughrey's research is supported by prominent institutions including the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.
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