Affect Theory

Affiliated Graduate Students

Andy Chan Lisheng

PhD Student

Research Interests

Indigenous Studies

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Poetry and Poetics

Cultural Studies

Critical Theory

Digital Humanities

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Alec Joyner

PhD Student

Research Interests

19th and 20th Century American Literature

Feminist Theory

African American and African Diaspora Literature

Humor, Comedy, and Laughter

Francophone Literature

Dissertation / Thesis Title

"Going to Pieces: The Laughter of the Other in US Novels of the 1930s"

Ruby Lark Mendelsund

PhD Student

Research Interests

Global Anglophone

Creative Writing

Creative-Critical

Disability Studies

Science and Environmental Studies

Medical Humanities

Madness Studies

Channelle Russell

PhD Student

Research Interests

African American and African Diaspora

Caribbean Studies

20th and 21st Century American Literature

Contemporary Literature and Culture

Creative Writing and Creative-Critical

Critical Theory

Cultural and Intellectual History

Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory

Chloe Tsolakoglou

PhD Student

Research Interests

Jane Walker

PhD Student

Research Interests

Poetry and Poetics

Gender and Sexuality Studies

Psychoanalytic Theory

Vivian Ziqi Lei

PhD Student

Research Interests

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Asian American Studies

History of the Body

Medical Humanities