Pronounsshe/her/hers

Department/College/UnitHumanities Division

TitleAssistant Professor

AffiliationFaculty

Primary Office LocationHumanities Building 1
Room 329

Office HoursVirtual office hours Wednesdays 10-12. Please schedule on my Google Calendar: https://calendar.app.google/vxCSNvUheMKxCzJK7

Mail StopLiterature Department

Biography, Education and Training

Hannah Rachel Cole holds a a B.A. from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University. Before joining UCSC, she taught in Harvard University’s History & Literature program and served as Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration and the Yale Environmental Humanities Program. 

Summary of Expertise

Environmental humanities; plant studies; 20th-century Caribbean literature; the aftermaths of the plantation system; postcolonial theories and literatures; climate change