Stephen Bishop, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Stephen Bishop is Professor of Africana Studies and French at the University of New Mexico. He is also Director of the International Studies Institute and occasionally teaches in the Law School. He works primarily on African literature and culture in the areas of Law and Literature, comparative feminisms, and narratives of violence, as well as representations of shame, exemplified in his book Scripting Shame in African Literature (Liverpool UP).
Why Africana Studies
The reason why I am in Africana Studies is twofold - professional and personal. Professionally, my primary research interests have long been connected to the continent of Africa as a vibrant crossroads of many of the artistic, political, social, and environmental issues of today. Personally, I have found my colleagues and students in Africana Studies to be intellectually and socially engaged, consistently dedicated and determined, and mutually supportive and friendly.
