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

PhD Alum Wins Mellon/ACLS Fellowship

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Jewon Woo lands in inaugural group of Community College Fellows with her project about the 19th-century Black press in Ohio.

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Grad Studies: Textiles and the Cause of Women

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This PhD candidate is researching the intersection of needlework and printing in early twentieth-century Ireland.

PhD student Jenna Dreier in red dress in front of full book shelves

Shakespeare Behind Bars

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PhD candidate Jenna Dreier won the prestigious Graduate School Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her research on prison performances of Shakespeare plays.

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Grad Studies: War, Citizenship, and Accessibility

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With the help of a GRPP grant, PhD candidate Yon Ji Sol traveled to the UK to do dissertation research and present a paper

PhD candidate Bomi Jeon on staircase, waving

Grad Studies: The Everyday Carnival

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PhD candidate Bomi Jeon explores Black Caribbean cultural identity within colonial spaces.

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Grad Studies: To England Seeking Brontë

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A grant fostered PhD candidate Melissa Merte's research in Victorian narrative.

Doctoral student Clara Biesel at Folger Shakespeare Library

Transcribing the Writing Body

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This doctoral student received a Mellon fellowship to decipher handwriting from the Elizabethan era.

Grad Studies: Writing in Wartime

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

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Grad Studies: Climate Change Literature

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

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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.

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