Madalina Meirosu

Dr. Mădălina Meiroșu is an interdisciplinary scholar of Comparative Literature and Romanian Studies whose work moves across literature, cultural history, the medical humanities, and the environmental humanities. Her research explores how Central and Eastern European cultures imagine technology, emotion, and ecological change, with particular attention to borderland histories and the lived textures of everyday life. She writes about AI in European literature and about the cultural politics of rivers, memory, and environmental loss.

At Arizona State University, Dr. Meiroșu teaches courses that bridge the humanities and emerging technologies and she leads immersive study abroad programs in Central Europe focused on democracy and cultural diplomacy. Her teaching emphasizes curiosity, ethical inquiry, and the value of cross-cultural understanding.

Her current book project examines how nineteenth and early twentieth century writers imagined artificial intelligence long before its technological reality. The project connects emotional geographies, environmental thought, and early science fiction to build a new narrative about human and nonhuman agency in modern Europe. She also publishes on suffering bodies, disability, ecocriticism, post-socialist memory, and the cultural afterlives of industrialization.

Beyond her research and teaching, Dr. Meiroșu works to strengthen transnational partnerships through the Central European Cultural Collaborative and through Erasmus collaborations with universities in Romania. She is committed to building bridges between the United States and Europe, training the next generation of global thinkers, and expanding the visibility of Romanian culture within the humanities.