Michele Shaul, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Michele Shaul is the Director of the Center for Latino Studies and a professor of Spanish at Queens University of Charlotte where she is Chair of the World Languages Department. She is co-founder and co-editor of the e-journal Label Me Latina/o and is involved in several arts and social outreach projects that use art as a vehicle to address the topics of diversity and tolerance. Dr. Shaul’s critical essays are published in a number of journals and collections. Her translation of the novel The Suitcases was published in 2005 and her poem “Vida cercada” appeared in Minerva (5 (2), septiembre-diciembre 2005. Mellen Press published her book A Survey of the Novels of Ana Castillo: A Contemporary Mexican American Writer (2016). Her short story “Mixed Reviews/Reseñas mixtas” is included in Nos pasamos de la raya/We Crossed the Line Vol. 2 (Editorial Colibri, 2023). The collection of essays Not White/Straight/Male/Healthy Enough: Being “Other” in the Academy coedited with Michael Moreno and Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2018). Her essay “We Met Pregnant at the Snack Bar” is included as part of the collection. The book Contemporary U.S. Latinx Literature in Spanish (Palgrave, 2018) was co-edited with Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez and Amrita Das. Teatro latino: Nuevas obras de los Estados Unidos, coedited with Trevor Boffone, Amrita Das, and Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez, was published by La Casita Grande (2019). The collection of essays Whiteness in the Workplace edited with Michael Moreno and Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2020). Her translation in partnership with Erin Debell and Liliana Wendorff of Miguel Orosa’s play Brave Women and Laughter (Quite a long night’s journey throughout Latin America) was published by Proyecto Ñaque Editorial (2020) and her translation of Enrique Weichs’ Anteayeres (Before Yesterday), also teaming with Erin Debell, is currently seeking a publisher. Her poem “On Reincarnation” was published in the Rinconcito section of Somos en escrito (January 2022). Dr. Shaul also directs the Latino Studies Project which is a student/faculty research project that seeks to document the story of the Latino population in the greater Charlotte region. Dr. Shaul is the recipient of the Queens’ 2016 Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Award and the 2023 Con A de Arte Award awarded by the Latin American Coalition.

Education

Ph.D., Spanish-American Literature, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.A., Spanish, University of Florida, Gainesville
B.A. with honors, Spanish, University of Florida, Gainesville