Department of English

Shuya Su (she/her) is a first-year English PhD student with a focus in Children’s Literature at the University of Florida. Previously, she earned an International Masters’ degree in Children’s Literature, Media and Culture (CMLC) from the University of Glasgow, and a bachelor’s degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Nanjing University. She loves reading and reviewing international Young Adult (YA) fiction about challenging topics, such as violence, death, and grief. Her book reviews have been published on ChLA International Committee’s blog, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, as well as some other journals in English or Chinese. You can also find her on Twitter (@ShuyaSu2) and Instagram.

Fields of Study:

• Children’s and YA Literatures
• Death Studies
• Race and Ethnicity Studies