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Nicole McCleese is a fixed-term Assistant Professor of English at Michigan State University, specializing in Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures. Her teaching interests include feminist literary theory and 20th-21st century American literature. She actively engages in pedagogy that interrogates the narratives surrounding rage and its mediation in literary contexts. Nicole currently teaches an Integrated Arts & Humanities course that explores human values through narratives rooted in black, feminist, queer, and disability studies, particularly chronic medical narratives. Her forthcoming work includes a book chapter on Octavia Butler's representation of Huntington's disease within science fiction's medical humanities. Nicole's research encompasses a variety of projects related to feminist re-readings of literature and contemporary critiques of historical narratives using feminist speculative fiction. She has contributed to the collection of essays focused on Kathy Acker's work and is preparing a monograph investigating the intersections of masochism and feminist critique in contemporary literature. Additionally, her article on literary masochism has been published in the African American Review, further establishing her voice in feminist literary critiques.
Department of Psychology