Emily O’Dell
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English and Foreign Languages
Department: English and Foreign Languages | Office Location: Kaufman 303 | Email Address: eodell@mcneese.edu | Office Phone: 337-475-5335
Dr. Emily A. O’Dell earned an undergraduate degree from University of California, Santa Barbara (BA in French) and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University (MA in French Studies & PhD in Comparative Literature). Her research interests include folklore and literature of Louisiana and the Caribbean. Her work has been published in The Louisiana Folklife Journal, The Louisiana Folklore Miscellany, Postcolonial Interventions and she is co-editor of the collection Reading, Teaching, and Theorizing Caribbean Texts (Lexington Press, 2020).
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Fiction I
- World Literature
- Advanced English Composition
- Graduate Seminars (Mother/Daughter Relationships, Caribbean Literature, The Child Ethnographer, Young Adult Literature, Global Literary Adaptations)