
Education
Masters of Arts (English Studies), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 2016.
BA Honors (English Studies), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 2013.
BA General, (English Literature and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies),University of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2012.
Professional Bio
Tembi Charles joined the Pennsylvania State University as a PhD student in Comparative Literature and African Studies in 2017. She is the current Chair of the Graduate Caucus of the African Literature Association (GSCALA).
Areas of Specialization:
African Literatures
Postcolonial Literatures, Theory and Criticism
Poetry and Poetics
Eco-criticism
Classes Taught
AFR 110 Introduction to Contemporary Africa
CMLIT 10 Introduction to World Literature
CMLIT 108 Myth and Mythology
ENGL 15 Rhetoric and Composition