Daria Goncharova is an Assistant Professor of English at Davis & Elkins College. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Kentucky in 2024 and has a background in Linguistics and Cultural Studies. Her area of expertise is 20th-century and 21st-century American literature and film with an emphasis on the intersection of space, citizenship, and whiteness, a focus largely informed by her own experience as an international scholar residing in the USA.

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Her pedagogy priorotizes accessibility, equity, and diversity by incorporating free digital tools, drawing on current events, and centering historically marginalized voices and narratives. 

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She has published in Adaptation, Literature/Film Quarterly, and the edited collection Post45 Vs. The World and has publications forthcoming in New Review of Film & Television Studies (NRFTS) and Contemporary Literature. She is currently working on a book project examining the effects of the postwar suburban sprawl on regional literature and cultural narratives defining American citizenship.

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