ALISON GRAHAM-BERTOLINI has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Louisiana State University and a Master's degree in Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her writing and research focus on issues in contemporary American Literature, Ethnic Literature, and Women's Studies. She has recently published articles in the
Journal of Feminist Media Studies, The Southern Quarterly, and the edited collection
American Writers: Transnationalisms and Diasporas.