Biography
Mitch is a second-year PhD student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He studies 19th-century American literatures and their legacies. Informed by Indigenous studies, philosophy, ecological and queer theories, his work aims to contribute to anti-colonial practices and futures. Prior to joining Columbia’s department, Mitch worked in his home state of Alaska at Outer Coast, an experimental college that reimagines education by centering place-based and Indigenous thought. While at Outer Coast on the island of Sitka—the land of the Sheetʼká ḵwáan Tlingit—he began learning and engaging with Lingít language and thought.
