Dr. Natania Meeker

Biography

Natania Meeker is an Associate Professor of French Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California, where she has been teaching since 2000. She completed her Ph.D. in French literature and philosophy at Duke University in 2000 and holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Chicago. Meeker’s research interests encompass materialisms, feminisms, gender and sexuality, radical botany, and the intersections of these areas with literature and philosophy, particularly in the eighteenth century. She has authored and co-authored significant works including "Illusive Materialisms: Pleasures of Femininity in Eighteenth-Century France" (Fordham, anticipated 2025) and "Radical Botany: Plants in Speculative Fiction" (Fordham, 2020). Additionally, she has edited "Women Imagine Change: Global Anthology of Women’s Resistance" and published numerous articles and essays exploring the philosophical and literary ramifications of plants and sexuality in historical and contemporary contexts. Meeker is committed to teaching and mentoring students, fostering academic growth and exploration in comparative literature and beyond. Her scholarship connects the historical intricacies of gender and sexuality with modern interpretations of literature, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue.

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