Maria Sarita See

Assistant Professor in American Culture and English Language and Literature.
B.A. University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D. Columbia University

Research/Teaching Specializations: Asian Pacific American Literature, late 19th and 20th century U.S. Literature, U.S. Empire and Postcolonial Studies, Filipino American Literature and Culture.

Courses Taught: U.S. Literature, Asian Pacific American Literary Criticism.
Field Research:

Recent Publications:
“An Open Wound: Colonial Melancholia and Contemporary Filipino/American Texts,” Vestiges of War 1899-1999: The Philippine-American War and Its Aftermath, eds. Anvil Press, Manila, Philippines, 2000

“Trying Whiteness: Media Representations of the Okinawa Rape Trial,” Hitting Critical Mass: A journal of Asian American Cultural Criticism 5:2, Fall 1998.

"Why I Hate My Cousin Pucha", Making More Waves: New Writings by Asian American Women. Beacon Press, 1997

Public Lecture Topics:
“An Open Wound: Colonial Melancholia and Contemporary Filipino/American Texts,” American Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, October 1999“

"The Aesthetics of Colonial Melancholia and Contemporary Filipino/American Texts," Asian/Pacific/American Studies Conference, New York University, New York, March 1999

"Trying Whiteness: Media Representations of the Okinawa Rape Trial,” Society for Military History Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, October 1998

Public Projects:
Documentary consultant: "The Splendid Little War", video documentary on the effets of the Spanish American War in Cuba, Guam, and the Philippines; co-producers Frances Negro and Angel Shaw, 1998

Awards: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Williams College, 2000-2002.

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