Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis

Candidate statement

Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis (incumbent) is an Associate Professor of English in the Humanities Department and the Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the New York Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on postmodern metafiction in both children’s and adult fiction, often weaving contemporary Greek literature. Her edited anthology on The Routledge Companion to Metafiction, co-edited with Josh Toth, is forthcoming in 2026. She has also published articles in various peer-reviewed journals, such as Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Children’s Literature Quarterly, International Research in Children’s Literature and Narrative, as well as in various edited anthologies. As a past member of the MGSA executive board, she has chaired the Graduate Studies Committee and launched the symposium's first formal mentoring program at Princeton University, helping emerging scholars to strengthen their professional network in the field of Modern Greek Studies. At New York Institute of Technology, she has chaired multiple significant Senate committees and is currently leading the assessment of the general education curriculum in collaboration with the Associate Provost. She would be honored to serve a second term on the MGSA Executive Board if elected.