Allison N. Harris
Assistant Professor
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Allison Harris is an Assistant Professor of English. She is a child of the South, having traversed Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina, with roots in Alabama and Arkansas. Harris's work explores race and place, especially through the US South, Appalachia, and the Caribbean, emphasizing the cross-racial solidarity of resistance in these regions. Her MELUS essay “Indian Removal and the Plantation South: Cherokee Present-Absence in Three Neo-Slave Narratives” was awarded the 1921 Prize by the American Literature Society.
Education
PhD in English, University of Miami
Specialization in Teaching
UNCW Interdisciplinary Learning QEP Team Grant (Co-Lead with Sarah Gaby): "Crossroads of Understanding: Enhancing Intersectional Perspectives through Place-Based Interdisciplinary Studies"
Honors & Awards
2024 American Literature Society 1921 Prize for Tenure-Track Faculty for “Indian Removal and the Plantation South: Cherokee Present-Absence in Three Neo-Slave Narratives”
2024 UNCW Research and Innovation Recognition Top CHSSA Scholars in Peer-Reviewed Journals