Dr Amara Graf is an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY College at Old Westbury where she teaches courses in Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. and Caribbean Literature. Her research focuses on the areas of Latina/o and Caribbean Literature, Gender Studies, and Popular Culture. She has published articles in Label Me Latina/o: Journal of Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Latino Literary Production, The Journal of Popular Culture and The Global Journal of English Language and Literature. She has an M.A. in Comparative Literature and a Ph.D. in English Literature from The University of Texas at Austin