Helena Maragou is Dean of the Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of Deree – The American College of Greece. She holds a PhD in American Literature from the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, an M.A. in English from Kent State University, and a B.A. in English from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her teaching focuses on subjects in American literature and culture, Literary Theory, and Drama. Her scholarly work includes articles on literature of U.S. minorities, women’s literature, 19th-century American literature, and American Studies pedagogy.