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Contemporary Literature and Criticism

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Ailton Krenak
Unknown
2
Tyler Bradway
SUNY Cortland
3
Nurten Gündüz
Gaziantep University
4
Alyson K. Spurgas
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
5
Morgan Podraza
The Ohio State University
6
Eri Shigematsu
Tottori University
7
Ben Masters
Poole Hospital
8
Petar Ramadanovic
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
9
Muhammad Afaq
Kohat University of Science and Technology
10
Ina C. Seethaler
Coastal Carolina University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Metavethics in Higher Education Institutions: Is the Metaverse Second Forbidden Fruit of Humanity?
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research|2024
3 cit.
2
Harassment of Women Martial Artists: Findings From an Online Survey
Violence Against Women|2025
3 cit.
3
Ethical Challenges with Personalized Avatars in Higher Education of the Metaverse Era
İZÜ Eğitim Dergisi|2024
1 cit.
4
DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN METAVERSITIES: THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Problems of Education in the 21st Century|2025
0 cit.
5
How Trump promotes a radical, unscientific theory about sex and gender in the name of opposing ‘gender ideology extremism’
Unknown Journal|2025
0 cit.
6
CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGE UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR? A THEORY-DRIVEN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL (JALT)|2025
0 cit.
7
Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment
Unknown Journal|2026
0 cit.
8
Jiu-jitsu brasileiro enfrenta seu momento “#MeToo” nos EUA
Unknown Journal|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Sarah Wasserman
Dartmouth College
2
Katherine Guinness
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
3
Eric Morel
University of Washington
4
Kári Driscoll
Utrecht University
5
Mark Cohen
University of South Florida
6
Anastasia Ulanowicz
University of Florida
7
Donna R. White
Arkansas Tech University
8
Dominique Nikolaidis
Fordham University
9
Alex Wade
Birmingham City University
10
Sunniva Sandbukt
IT University of Copenhagen

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Through New Eyes: Artificial Intelligence, Technological Unemployment, and Transhumanism in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun
Journal of Business Ethics|2022
20 cit.
2
Postgraduate research in a sick society
Research Papers in Education|2023
5 cit.
3
Billionaires are building bunkers and buying islands. But are they prepping for the apocalypse – or pioneering a new feudalism?
Unknown Journal|2024
2 cit.
4
Critical Darlings, Critical Dogs: Joseph O’Neill and What Contemporary Criticism Doesn’t Want
American Literary History|2022
1 cit.
5
Editors’ Introduction
Humanimalia|2022
1 cit.
6
Traumatic Peregrinations: Intergenerational Memory and Migration in Nina Bunjevac’s Fatherland
European Journal of American Studies|2023
1 cit.
7
The gunning man
Science Fiction Film & Television|2022
0 cit.
8
The Cold War Will Not Take Place: The Cold War in Non-Western Videogames
Studies in Eastern European Cinema|2022
0 cit.
9
The End of the World as We Know It
NOVEL A Forum on Fiction|2023
0 cit.
10
World, war, zoo: zoo-break narratives in a biopolitical frame
Textual Practice|2023
0 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Fredric Jameson
Duke University
2
Alladi Venkatesh
Shri Venkateshwara University
3
J. Hillis Miller
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
4
Clifford J. Shultz
Loyola University Chicago
5
Elizabeth Elizabeth
Pelita Harapan University
6
Jon R. Snyder
University of California, Santa Barbara
7
Richard Walsh
The Ohio State University
8
Urmila Seshagiri
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
9
Jahan Ramazani
University of Virginia
10
Tom LeClair
University of Cincinnati

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
The Bulletin of the Midwest Modern Language Association|1982
2.5k cit.
2
The Political Unconscious. Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act.
History and Theory|1982
2k cit.
3
Liberatory Postmodernism and the Reenchantment of Consumption
Journal of Consumer Research|1995
1.6k cit.
4
Third-World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism
Social Text|1986
1.6k cit.
5
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
SubStance|1983
1.2k cit.
6
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
Sociological Analysis|1982
1.1k cit.
7
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
MLN|1982
881 cit.
8
Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism|1992
847 cit.
9
Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture
Social Text|1979
770 cit.
10
The Political Unconscious
SubStance|1982
687 cit.

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