Paul Humphrey
Paul Humphrey received his PhD in Modern Languages from the University of Birmingham (2013), and his research focuses on gender, sexuality and African-derived religions in Caribbean literature. His monograph, (2019), was published in the Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Cultures Series at Legenda (Cambridge, UK), an imprint of the Modern Humanities Research Association. Paul has published peer-reviewed articles in Caribbean Quarterly, Sargasso, Studies in Comics, Latin American Literary Review, Journal of Haitian Studies, International Journal of Francophone Studies, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies and in the edited volume Capital Culture: Perspectives in Ethnic Studies II (2019).
Paul has taught courses on Caribbean and Latin American literature and cultural studies, gender studies, and Spanish and French language. His current research project focuses on identity, gender and sexuality in Caribbean speculative fiction and comics.
Paul also coordinates the digital history project, launched by Professors K G Valente and Sarah Keen in 2019 to supplement vlog's bicentennial observations. Comprising the QAC digital timeline and oral history recordings with alumni, faculty, and staff, the project includes student work from several iterations of LGBT 220: An Exploration into LGBTQ Studies as well as contributions from a number of student research assistants.