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Affect Theory

Affiliated Graduate Students

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Wesley Cornwell

PhD Student

Research Interests

Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies
Aesthetics
Affect Theory
Critical Theory
Ecocriticism
Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminism
Film, Media, and Visual Studies
Philosophy
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Alec Joyner

PhD Student

Research Interests

19th and 20th Century American Literature
the Novel
Modernism
Affect Theory
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"
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Ruby Lark Mendelsund

PhD Student

Research Interests

Comparative Literature and Translation
Creative Writing and Creative-Critical
Affect Theory
Disability Studies
Medical Humanities
Public Humanities
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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
Aesthetics
Affect Theory
Critical Theory
Black Studies
Cultural and Intellectual History
Feminist Theory
Slavery
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Jane Walker

PhD Student

Research Interests

Early Modern
Poetry and Poetics
Affect Theory
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Queer Theory
Psychoanalytic Theory
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Vivian Ziqi Lei

PhD Student

Research Interests

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Asian American Studies
Global Asias
Affect Theory
History of the Body
Medical Humanities
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