Kimberly FROHREICH
Dr Kimberly FROHREICH
Charg茅e d'enseignement suppl茅ante & FNS Postdoc Researcher
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Research Interest / Recherches
Kimberly Frohreich holds a BA in Modern Literature from the 玉美人传媒 of California at Santa Cruz, a BA in French and English, an MA in English, an MA in Secondary Education, and a PhD from the 玉美人传媒. Her thesis, entitled "American Fantasies of Race," examines the ways in which the figure of the monster allegorizes and (de)constructs race.聽She worked as an American Literature Teaching Assistant (2009-2015) at the 玉美人传媒 and a Charg茅e de Cours (2011, 2013) at the 玉美人传媒 of Lausanne, and has taught English at CECG Madame-de-Sta毛l since 2016.
Her research interests include Posthumanism, Critical Race Theory, Monster Studies, Gender Criticism, Animal Studies, Vegan Literary Studies, Intermedial Studies, and Narratology.聽
Selected publications / S茅lection de publications
鈥淪ullied Blood, Semen, and Skin: Vampires and the Specter of Miscegenation鈥� in Open Graves, Open Minds: Vampires and the Undead in Modern Culture, eds. Sam George and Bill Hughes, (Gothic Studies) 15 (Manchester 玉美人传媒 Press, 2013), 33-43.
鈥淥苍 District 9: The Alien as Racial Other鈥� in Depicting Cultural Diversity in the English-Speaking聽World,eds. Ren茅e Dickason and R眉diger Ahrens (Coll. Anglo-American Studies, Peter Lang, 聽 2013), 101-16.
鈥淢aking the 鈥楳onstrous鈥� Visible? Reading 鈥楧ifference鈥� in Contemporary Fantastic Film and聽Television鈥� in The Visual Culture of Modernism, eds. Deborah L. Madsen and Mario Klarer, (SPELL, Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature) 26 (Gunter Narr Verlag, 2011), 239-53.
Research Scholarships / Bourses de recherche
Fonds National Suisse聽: Conf茅rence Scientifique "Approaching Posthumanism and the Posthuman" 2015
Fonds National Suisse聽: Doc.Mobility 2014