Maria Sachiko Cecire

Associate Professor of Literature; Coordinator, Experimental Humanities

Primary Academic Program: Literature

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Experimental Humanities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Medieval Studies

Area of Specialization: Children's literature and childhood, speculative fiction, digital culture, media studies, medievalisms

About Maria Sachiko Cecire Professor Cecire is the founding director of the Center for Experimental Humanities, which focuses on how technologies mediate the human experience. She is the author of Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century (University of Minnesota Press, 2019) and coeditor of Space and Place in Children’s Literature, 1789-Present (Routledge, 2015). She is a National Project Scholar for the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club for underserved youth (since 2014); other public-facing humanities work includes podcasting, documentary films, and short fiction. Recipient, Rhodes Scholarship (2006). BA, University of Chicago; MSt, DPhil, Oxford University. At Bard since 2010.

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