Maria Angel is cur­rently con­duct­ing re­search into writ­ing and af­fect, and bio-evo­lu­tion­ary the­o­ries of human com­mu­ni­ca­tion. She has an on­go­ing in­ter­est in spec­u­lar­ity, ob­scen­ity, and cor­po­re­al­ity. Maria’s re­cent work has been a cri­tique of posthu­man the­o­ries of sub­jec­tiv­ity and rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and an analy­sis of the human face as a vi­sual in­ter­face. Her work has been pub­lished in Tex­tual Prac­tice, Cana­dian Jour­nal of Com­par­a­tive Lit­er­a­ture and Cul­tural Stud­ies, among other places.