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Laura Marshall Clark, M.A., is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma with ancestral heritage of Irish immigrants from County Tyrone, Ireland. She is an interdisciplinary scholar, author, and curator, exploring North America’s numerous and distinct tribal histories,

I have just completed my third semester as a graduate student at the University of Houston where I am seeking a Master’s Degree in World Cultures and Literatures. My specialization is in the French post-colonial experience, primarily Africa and the

Margot Gayle Backus is John and Rebecca Moores Professor of English at the University of Houston. She was 2014-15 Queens University Fulbright Scholar of Anglophone Irish Writing, and 2015 James Joyce Scholar in residence at the University of Buffalo. Her