08/18/2026
We are excited to welcome Dr. Renée Vincent to Winthrop’s Department of English as our new Assistant Professor of African American / Afro Caribbean Literature!
Dr. Vincent's research examines disaster in African American and African Diasporic literature and media, with a focus on how literary narratives produce and disrupt knowledge about race, gender, and environmental injustice. Her current book project, "Ecologies of Vulnerability: Reading Hurricane Alley Literature through Disaster Criticism," interrogates literature from the U.S. Gulf South and Caribbean through the lens of critical disaster studies. Her scholarly interests also include folklore, Gothic literature, and speculative horror. Dr. Vincent teaches courses in literature, writing, and interdisciplinary humanities that invite students to examine how literature (re)shapes our understanding of history, culture, and the environment. She is thrilled to join the Department of English at Winthrop University and looks forward to getting to know and working with Winthrop students this fall.
