Lisa Lawlor Feller is assistant professor of history at University of The Bahamas. Her work has been published in journals such as Spanish Points: Language and Power (Apuntes Hispánicos: Lenguaje y poder) and Footnotes as well as in Towards a Common Loftier Goal, a history textbook for high schools in The Bahamas, commissioned by the Ministry of Education. She is a passionate Bahamian islander who seeks space within Caribbean studies for the small archipelagic Bahamas. Feller comes from a long line of Bahamians, with her first ancestor arriving on 24 April, 1661. Feller’s grandfather, mother, and father have all authored Bahamian histories.
