LTC Jeff Gibbons Associate Professor Co-Chair, Diversity and Inclusion Studies Minor English and World Languages jeffrey.gibbons [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications My primary scholarly interest is Asian American literature. I’m particularly interested in the ways that contemporary Asian American writers reflect upon and depict war, trauma, and modes of healing in post-war lives. As a professor I relish the opportunity at West Point to challenge our cadets to think critically and carefully about the nation and world in which they’re about to serve - and to challenge them to develop empathy for those who are different from them. I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, so I’ve been a displaced Buckeye for over 20 years now; at the same time, my PhD work in Chapel Hill transformed me into a Tar Heel. My wife and I enjoy the outdoors, music, good food, and travel. One of my lifelong intellectual escapes consists of immersing myself in the works of Robert Hunter, John Perry Barlow, and Robert Peterson. Ph.D. - of North Carolina at Chapel HillMA - University of Colorado at BoulderBS - USMA-West Point Research Interests Asian American literature, Trauma and disability studies, Queery theory, Ethnic American literature, War literature Current Research Refugee studies Selected Publications Gibbons, Jeffrey. Asian American War Stories: Trauma and Healing in Contemporary Asian American Literature. Routledge, 2022. Gibbons, Jeffrey. “Queer and Refugee Positionalities in Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.” AmLit: American Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2, forthcoming October 2024 Gibbons, Jeffrey. “Traumas of War and Displacement in When the Emperor Was Divine,” MLA Teaching Approaches to Asian North American Literature, New York: MLA, 2022.