R. J. Boutelle

My research spans across the nineteenth century and throughout the Americas, but particularly focuses on literary and cultural exchange between the United States and the Hispanophone Caribbean. My other interests include the slave narrative, ethnographies, the queer(ing) potential of bromance as a film genre and cultural trope, transcultural/transnational masculinities, and early African American and Afro Hispanic cultures of print.

Research Area:
Nineteenth Century American Literature
Hemispheric Studies and Literature of the Americas
Queer Theory and Gender Studies
Print Culture and Textual Constructions of Race

Current Courses:
English 102W: Re-thinking Masculinities and the Birth of Bromance

Current Positions:
Graduate Instructor
Research Assistant to Prof. Teresa Goddu
English Graduate Student Association Social Chair

Previous Positions:
Research Assistant to Prof. William Luis
Graduate Recruitment and Orientation Co-Coordinator