Dr. Mauve Perle Tahat [download résumé]
Mauve grew up in the border towns of Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey, inheriting the weirdness of each state, respectively.
A trained literary historian and culture studies researcher, I have accumulated 15 years of experience with classroom and community teaching. My forthcoming book, Ecologies of Incarceration: Carceral Discard Studies in the Anthropocene, examines the intersections of carceral systems, environmental aesthetics, and political ideologies, addressing how incarceration impacts both human and non-human environments. My scholarship emphasizes critical engagement with carceral narratives and their broader socio-ecological implications. Emphasizing reparative reading and transformative justice approaches to media and literature, my work aims to encourage critical pedagogies in classrooms and communities. My podcast, revisions, focuses on conversations with friends about time and space.
Educational Experiences
Indiana University of Pennsylvania:
PhD, 2022 [with distinction]
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania:
M.A. English, 2015
Lehigh University:
M.Ed. Globalization and Educational Change, 2012
Centenary University:
B.A. English, 2010
Book Length Project:
Ecologies of Incarceration: Carceral Discard Studies in the Anthropocene
[Bloomsbury Press, forthcoming 2024]
Recent Publication: "Ghastly Renderings: Carceral Literary Studies and the Intricacies of Space-Time"
