Kimberly Frohreich holds a BA in Modern Literature from the University 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 University of Geneva. Her thesis, entitled "American Fantasies of Race," examines the ways in which the figure of the monster allegorizes and (de)constructs race. She worked as an American Literature Teaching Assistant (2009-2015) at the University of Geneva and a Chargée de Cours (2011, 2013) at the University of Lausanne, and has taught English at CECG Madame-de-Staël since 2016.
Her research interests include:
- Posthumanism
- Critical Race Theory
- Monster Studies
- Gender Criticism
- Animal Studies
- Vegan Literary Studies
- Intermedial Studies, and Narratology.
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Switzerland
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Art – culture
Race – racialization – racism
Animals – speciesism – antispeciesism
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Literature