the Novel

Affiliated Graduate Students

Mieko Anders

PhD Student

Research Interests

Asian American, Transpacific, and Asian Anglophone literature

Cultural 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"