H.M. Jocelyn, a dual Canadian-American citizen, was born in Stratford, Ont., and grew up spending school years in New York City. As a border studies scholar in the American Studies PhD program at Rutgers University-Newark, she continues to cross the international boundary between the two nations many times a year. Her previous publications include a chapter in Critical Insights: American Short Story (Salem Press, 2015) and articles in The Journal of American Studies and in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory.
