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Biography

Cornel Bogle鈥檚 research and teaching focus is on Caribbean, Black, and diasporic literatures and cultures, as well as research-creation and creative writing. Their scholarly contributions鈥攊ncluding essays, reviews, and book chapters鈥攁ddress topics such as Caribbean Canadian writing, Black diasporic expression, masculinities, and life writing, appearing in venues such as Canadian Literature, Studies in Canadian Literature, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and the Routledge Handbook of Caribbean Studies, among others. They serve as Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of West Indian Literature and co-edited the special issue 鈥淩ecognition and Recovery of Caribbean Canadian Cultural Production鈥� for Canada and Beyond.

As a poet, they engage Caribbean archives and diasporic memory through erasure, found, and lyric poetry. Their work has been published in literary platforms such as brick, Arc Poetry Magazine, and Pree: Caribbean Writing, and has been presented in readings across Canada and the Caribbean.

At SFU, they teach in areas such as Black and Caribbean literatures, decolonial literary studies, diaspora, transnationalism, and creative writing, guiding students to explore how storytelling travels across borders, histories, and communities. Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, they earned their BA at the University of the West Indies, and both their MA and PhD at the University of Alberta, joining 51社区黑料in 2023.