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The Department of English and Comparative Literature logo The Department of English and Comparative Literature

Global Anglophone

Affiliated Graduate Students

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Laurie Bashford

PhD Student

Research Interests

Asian American and Asian Diaspora
Global Anglophone
World Literature
Postcolonial and the Global South
Asia/South Asia
Contemporary Literature and Culture
Comparative Literature and Translation,
Theatre
Drama
Performance Studies
Creative Writing
Creative-Critical
Poetry and Poetics
Cultural Studies
Science and Environmental Studies
Law and Humanities
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Ruby Lark Mendelsund

PhD Student

Research Interests

Global Anglophone
Creative Writing
Creative-Critical
Affect Theory
Disability Studies
Science and Environmental Studies
Medical Humanities
Psychoanlaysis
Madness Studies
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Chloe Tsolakoglou

PhD Student

Research Interests

American and the Americas
Global Anglophone
World Literature
Europe
20th/21st Century American
Contemporary Literature and Culture
Comparative Literature and Translation
Creative Writing
Creative-Critical
Poetry and Poetics
Marxism
Postmodernism
Aesthetics
Modern Greek Literature
Affect Theory
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Queer Theory
Film
Media
Visual Studies
Marxism
Philosophy
Psychoanlaysis
Modern Greek Literature
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Srija Umapathy

PhD Student

Research Interests

Global Anglophone
Postcolonial and the Global South
Postcolonial Studies
Asia/South Asia
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Africa
Critical Theory
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Queer Theory
Film media
Visual Studies
Postcolonial Studies
Psychoanlaysis
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