Christiana Salah came to Kenyon in 2020 to teach women's and gender studies and disability studies. Her courses explore what intersections of gender, class and race can tell us about the ways our contemporary societies interpret and regulate the human body — whether it be in politics, medicine, day-to-day interactions or popular culture.
As a scholar, Salah studies Victorian literature, looking at how stories about women and their work are reinterpreted as cultural attitudes change over time. She is interested in a range of retellings of Victorian novels, from historical stage versions to horror films and romance novels still being created today. Authors she frequently works on include Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins. Salah has published on Victorian mysteries, the Gothic in children’s literature, film adaptation and more.
Areas of Expertise
Gender studies, disability studies, nineteenth-century fiction
Education
2016 — Doctor of Philosophy from University of Connecticut
2005 — Master of Fine Arts from Emerson College
2003 — Bachelor of Arts from Colby College
Courses Recently Taught
WGS 111
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WGS 111
This course provide students with critical frameworks for thinking about the social construction of gender at the personal and institutional levels. Emphasis will be placed on diverse women’s significant contributions to knowledge and culture; to other areas of gender studies, including men’s studies, family studies and the study of sexuality; and to the intersections of various forms of oppression both within and outside of the U.S. The course will include both scholarly as well as personal texts, visual as well as written text. This counts toward the introductory requirement for the major .This course paired with any other .50 unit WGS course counts toward the social science diversification requirement. Offered every semester.
WGS 391
PENDING CPC APPROVAL
WGS 391