Office/Office Hours

• office: 344 Carver
• office hours: M 10-11; W 10-12 & by appointment
• office phone: (515) 294-5815
• email: jminkler@iastate.edu
• home page: http://jminkler.public.iastate.edu

Interests

• Caribbean Literature
• African-American Literature
• Business Communication

Selected Publications

• "Three Rs in Autobiography--Write;Right;and Rite: The Imperatives of Narrative within Postcoloniality in Jamaica Kincaid's The Autobiography of My Mother." Vitae Scholasticae 21.1(Spring 2004): 71-83.
• "Decolonizing Euridice: Colonial Des-Ires of the Eternal Feminine and Orpheus's Re-visionary Quest in Werewere Liking's Orphee-Dafric." Jpurnal of Caribbean Studies 11.3 (Fall 1996-Spring 1997): 253-275.
• "Helen's Calibans: A Study of Gender Hierarchy in Derek Walcott's Omeros." World Literature Today 67.2 (Spring 1993): 272-276.

Affiliations

• Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Stuudies (ACLALS)
• Association of Caribbean Studies (ACS)
• Multiethnnic Literature of the United States (MELUS)

Degrees

• ABD, University of Iowa
• M.A., Iowa State University,
• B.A., Iowa State University