Biography
I am an Assistant Professor of English in the Humanities Department at Texas A&M University-Central Texas. My research and teaching interests include the fields of American literature and culture, women's and gender studies and feminist theory, disability studies, affect theory, medical humanities, utopian studies, and environmental studies. Please explore my website to discover more about my book project, recent publications, and teaching experience.

Upcoming Events
Nov 9-12, 2022 Charleston, SC
First Book Roundtable and “Singing the Saga of Sex: Gender Satire and the Feminist Utopian Tradition” on Recovering Utopia: Miriam Michelson’s The Superwoman Panel. The Society for Utopian Studies 45th Annual Conference: “make, unmake, remake.”.
Jan 5-8, 2023 San Francisco, CA
“Exile’s Persistence: Margaret Fuller and the Public Trauma Cultures of Expat Paris” on Conditions of Exile in the Nineteenth-Century and Beyond Panel. Modern Language Association Convention: “Working Conditions.”

Contact   
stavera@tamuct.edu
Heritage Hall, Office 204M
1001 Leadership Pl, Killeen, Texas 76542