DR. ELLEN FOSTER is associate professor of English at Clarion University of Pennsylvania; she taught at the University of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas campus in 2014-2015. She teaches first-year writing, business and technical writing, and a range of literature courses. Her year in the Caribbean inspired her deep interest in Caribbean literatures and cultures; she has presented on Tiphanie Yanique’s Land of Love and Drowning at the Caribbean Studies Association national conference and the Eastern Caribbean Cultures annual conference.