Juliana Hu Pegues
Associate Professor, Literatures in English
Academic focus:
Asian American studies, Native and Indigenous studies, women of color feminism, and queer of color critique
Current research project:
My book, “Space-Time Colonialism: Alaska’s Indigenous and Asian Entanglements,” was just published by University of North Carolina Press as part of their Critical Indigeneities series. I’m also starting research on a new project examining the role that settler colonialism has played, in word and in practice, within American feminism.
Previous positions:
- Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota, 2016-2021
- Assistant Professor, English and the Study of Women and Gender, Smith College, 2015-2016
Academic background:
- Ph.D., American Studies, University of Minnesota, 2013
- B.A., Comparative Ethnic Studies, University of Minnesota, 2003
Last book read:
“The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline
In your own time/when not working:
Reading speculative fiction, walking/hiking, biking
Courses you’re most looking forward to teaching:
A brand new course I’m teaching for the first time this fall, (Re)thinking Asian American Literature: Indigeneity, Diaspora, Settler Colonialism
What most excites you about Cornell:
Being part of a vibrant and intersectional intellectual community of faculty, students, and staff. And all the waterfalls!
