Wael J. Salam is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Postcolonial Literature at the University of Jordan. He is also affiliated with the University of Kuwait, serving as an Associate Professor of English. He earned his PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas. Previously, he taught at the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas at Austin, Kenyon College, and Middlebury College. His research interests include comparative literature, postcolonial literature, Arabic literature, Arab American literature, and trauma theory. He has published articles in prestigious journals, including Interventions , Journal of Postcolonial Writing , English Studies , Style , CEA Critic , Textual Practice , Journal of Middle East Women's Studies , and E-learning and Digital Media .