Contemporary Arab Women's Writing

Memoir and Life Writing

Memory Studies

Labor Organizing in Higher Education

About

Dr. Katie Logan's work has appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society; Brill's Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures; Memory Studies; and the collected volume Cultural Productions and Social Movements after the Arab Spring. A member of VCU's Collaborative 5x5 Humanities project, she co-chairs the Humanities Research Center's working group on memory and monuments. Previous courses have focused on migration and displacement; global science fiction; and comics and graphic novels. She is a proud member of United Campus Workers of Virginia and volunteers with ReEstablish Richmond and Girls on the Run.

Education

• Ph.D.- Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
  
• M.A.- Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
  
• B.A.- English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

Awards

• 5x5 Collaborative Grant, VCU Humanities Research Center, 2022
  
• Fellow, Faculty Development Seminar, Palestine American Research Center (2020-2022)
• Excellence in Teaching for Early Career Faculty, University College, 2019 Fellow
  
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, "Understanding Middle Eastern Millennials," 2019

Affiliations

• Memory Studies Association
• Modern Language Association
• United Campus Workers of Virginia