Meet Our Students

Discover the work our graduate students are doing at the University—and around the world.

Grad Studies: Writing in Wartime

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Doctoral student Yon Ji Sol looks at soldiers and citizenship in 19th-century novels.

Image of doctoral candidate Christopher Bowman

Grad Studies: Climate Change Literature

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PhD student Christopher Bowman studies literary trends during the 1930s Dust Bowl, and now.

Image of doctoral candidate Amy Fairgrieve

Grad Studies: A Thing of Joy Is a Beauty

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Is literary scholarship (meant to be) a joyful pursuit? This doctoral student is looking at the connection between literary knowledge and critical affect.

From Archive to Prison: Grad Student Research

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Where did research interests take our doctoral candidates in 2018?

Uneasy Lies the Head: Grad Student Marc Juberg

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In Shakespeare's mix of elusive language and subversive satire, this doctoral candidate finds questions enough to fuel a dissertation--and a career.

Into the Archives, and Beyond: Grad Student Projects

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What are our grad students researching in 2017-18? Shakespeare comic books, Thomas Carlyle, 18th-century colonial northern India, and racial microagressions