Mariam Galarrita is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, formerly a postdoctoral fellow, and member of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She was the founder and director of the Race and the Premodern Period Speaker Series at University of California at Riverside. Her research focuses on early modern English drama, travel, science and science fiction, premodern critical race studies, racial trauma, and language. She is also interested in precolonial Philippines and the Spanish Manila Galleon trade route. She is currently working on a book chapter on Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World for the Oxford Handbook on Margaret Cavendish. Her book project explores premodern science fiction and race. Her teaching interests include Shakespeare, Global Literature, and Asian American fiction.
Ph.D. English, University of California Riverside
MA English, California State University, Fullerton
BA English, California State University, Fullerton
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 110 | Approaching Big Problems |
| ENG 110 | Approaching Big Problems |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 211 | Intro to English Studies |
| ENG 206 | Intro to Literary Studies |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 211 | Intro to English Studies |
| ENG 349 | Global Literary Studies |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 332 | Race&Ethnicity in Lit/Culture |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
| ENG 211 | Intro to English Studies |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 349 | Global Literary Studies |
| ENG 308 | Form and History/Culture |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 560 | Genre Studies |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| ENG 321 | Shakespeare |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ENG 321 | Shakespeare |