Congratulations to these strong scholars from among nearly 220 applicants entering the English graduate program in Fall, 2007.
Raquel Baker, B.A., San Francisco State University, 2002; M.F.A., Mills College, 2005.
Interest: Anglophone Postcolonial Literature
Cassandra Bausman, B.A., Augustana College, 2006.
Interest: Women’s Literature
Thomas Hughes Blake, B.A., 2002; M.A., 2005, University of Tennessee-Knoxville,.
Interest: Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Blake Bronson-Bartlett, B.A., Hunter College, 2006.
Interest: 19th Century American Literature
Craig Carey, B.S., Syracuse University, 2001; M.A., University of Chicago, 2002; M.A., Brooklyn College, 2007.
Andrew Crooke, B.A., Cornell University, 2001.
Interest: Twentieth Century American Fiction
Kerry Anne Delaney, B.A., Washington College, 2007.
Interest: Renaissance
Robert Fernandez, B.A., Florida Atlantic University, 2004; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2006.
Interest: Theory/Contemporary Literature
Mary Hickman-Fernandez, B.A. Boise State University; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2006.
Interest: Poetry
Sunghyun Jang, B.A., Yonsei University, 2003; M.A., Seoul National University, 2005.
Interest: British Romanticism
Bryan Mangano, B.A., Massachusetts College Lib. Art, 2005; M.A., Boston College, 2007.
Interest: 18th Century Novel Studies
Sarah Fay McCarthy, B.A. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1994; M.A., Warren Wilson College, 2006.
Interest: Modern American Poetry
Paul McCullough, B.A. California Polytech State University, 2007.
Interest: American Literature
Christine Norquest, B.A. Southwestern University, 2003.
Melanie Reichwald, B.A., S U N Y – College at Purchase, 2006.
Interest: African American Literature
Ross Salinas, B.A., Southwestern University, 2003; M.A., University of Texas, 2007.
Interest: American Literature
Jillian Walker, B.A., Trinity University, 2003; University of Colorado-Boulder, 2005.
Interest: Victorian
Lacey Worth, B.A., Kenyon College, 2005.
Interest: American Literature and African American Literature
Congratulations to these strong scholars from among nearly three hundred applicants entering the English graduate program in Fall, 2006.
Elizabeth Genovise, B.A. Hillsdale College, Michigan, 2006
Interest in 19th and 20th c. U.S. literature
Katherine Bishop, B.A. University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 2004
Interest in 18th and 19th c. U.S. and British literatures
Eric Conrad, B.A. College of New Jersey,
2003
Interest in 19th c. U.S. literature
Brian Deutschendorf, B.A. University of Iowa,
2003; M.A. Northern Arizona University, 2005
Interest in literature and the environment
Bridget Draxler, B.A. St. Olaf College, 2005;
M.A. University of York, UK, 2006
Interest in Romanticism and religion
Dorothy Giannakouros, B.A. Loras College,
Dubuque, 2005
Interest in transnational and postcolonial studies
Nicole Grant, B.A. Florida Atlantic University,
2005
Interest in 19th and 20th c. U.S. literature and modernism
Berneta Haynes,
B.A. Drury University, 2006
Interest in African American literature
Adele Holoch, B.A. Smith College, 2002; M.A.
McGill University, 2006
Interest in Canadian and postcolonial literature
James Lambert, B.A. Brigham Young University,
2003; M.A. University of Arizona, 2006
Interests range from contemporary U.S. literature to early modern literature
Matthew Lavin, B.A. St. Lawrence University,
New York, 2002; M.A., Utah State University, 2006
Interest in U.S. magazine culture and book studies
Jessica Lawson, B.A. Smith College, 2005
Interest in literary modernisms
Matthew Low, B.A. (2002), M.Ed. (2004), and
M.A. Creighton University, 2006
Interests range from Romanticism to 19th c. U.S. literature
Chinelo Okparanta, B.A. Penn State University,
2003; M.A. Rutgers University, 2005
Interest in 17th-18th c. British literature
Erik Peterson, B.A. Creighton University,
2001; M.A. Florida State University, 2006
Interest in 18th c. British literature and ideology
Stephanie Rodgers, B.A. Xavier University,
2006
Interest in medieval literary studies
Amy Southwood, B.A. Purdue, 2001
Interest in 19th c. British literature
Nettie Vinsonhaler, B.S. University of Georgia,
1978; M.A. University of North Carolina, 1984
Interest in medieval literary studies
We have 20 students entering the Ph.D. program next year, as listed below. Three are winners of Presidential Fellowships and three are winners of Dean's Fellowships (which used to be called Graduate Merit Fellowships).
The new MA/PhD Students for 2006 are:
Erica Bazemore, BA Rutgers, 2004; American/African American Literature
Adam Bradford, BA Univ. of Utah, 1999; MA BYU, 2005; 19th Century American Literature
Ryan Clark, BA UC-Berkeley, 2003; 20th Century American Literature
Judith Coleman, BA Millsaps College, MS, 2003; grad course work Oxford; Milton
Elise Cook, BA Bradley Univ., IL, 2003; MA, Univ. of Iowa (Comparative Lit.), 2005; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Literature, African American and Latino/a Writers
Gabriel Downs, BA Purdue, 2002; MA Purdue, 2005; Contemporary American Literature
Erik Habecker, BA UC-Irvine, 1997; MA UC-Irvine, 2004; Early Modern Literature
Jacob Horn, BA Univ. of Oklahoma, 2002; Film and Video, Theory
Joanne Janssen, BA Bethel College, MN, 1999; MA Ball State 2005; Victorian Literature
Travis Johnson, BA College of St. Scholastica, MN, 2004; Medieval Literature
Erin Mann, BA Rice, 2003; Literary Theory, Nonfiction Essay
Joshua Matthews, BA Indiana Univ.-Kokomo, 2003; MA Kent State, 2005; 18th and 19th Century American Literature
Robert McLoone, BA Indiana Univ., 2004; American Literature, Literature and Environment
Satya Onorato, BA UC- Santa Cruz,1997; Detective Fiction, Poe
Ann Pleiss, BA Mt. Mercy, IA, 2002; Renaissance Studies
Wanda Raiford, BA Brown, 1986; J.D. Univ. of Miami, 1991
Joseph Rodriguez, BA Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City, 2005; Victorian Literature
Elizabeth Shane, BA NYU, 2005; 18th and 19th Century British & American Literature
Anna Stenson, BA Gustavus Adolphus College, MN, 2005, Romantic and Victorian Literature
Brenton Thompson, BA Missouri Southern State College, 2005, Modernism, Joyce, Theory.
Welcome to the Ph.D. students admitted for Fall 2004!
Adkins, Taylor, B.A., State University of West Georgia, English, 2004
Basan, Benjamin, B.A., University of North London, English/German 1998
Blalock, Stephanie, B.A., Duke University, English, 2003
Boscaljon, Daniel, B.A., Buena Vista University (Iowa), Philosophy/Religion, 1998
Bygness, Megan, B.A., University of Iowa, Political Science/English, 2000; M.A., Kansas State University , 2004
deVega, Sean, B.A., Rice, English, 2004
Doyle, Shawn, B.A., Notre Dame, English/Government, 2004
Hines, Chad, B.A., Grinnell College, English, 2000; M.A. University of Chicago, Humanities, 2003
Holliday, Marta, B.A., Marymount College, English/Women’s Studies, 2004
Martini, Sarah, B.A., Purdue University, English/History, 2004
McDonald, Willis, B.A., Notre Dame, English, 2002; M.A. Notre Dame 2003
Newton, Scott, B.A., University of Wyoming, English/Psychology 2003
Nugent, Lynne, B.A., University of Chicago, Anthropology, 1994; M.F.A., University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing 2004
Row, Lindsey, B.A., Greenville College (Illinois), English/Religion 2004
Savage, Holly, B.A., Baylor, English 2000; M.A. University of Colorado- Boulder, English 2003
West, Stephen, B.A., SUNY-Geneseo, English/Art, 2002
Whitehead, Brian, B.A., University of Oklahoma, English, 2003
Wriglesworth, Chad, B.A., Warner Pacific College, English 1993; M.A. Portland State University, English, 2004
The group includes five Presidential Fellows, two Crossing Borders Fellows, and a Graduate Merit Fellow.
Amit Baishya, B.A., Cotton College, India; M.A., J.N.U., India
Erica Daigle, B.S. (biology), LSU; M.A., LSU
Nicole Gainyard, B.A., Hunter College, N.Y.
Joshua, Gooch, B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Katherine Gubbels, B.A. University of Nebraska, Omaha
Carolyn Hall, B.A. (German) Bucknell University; M.Ed., Grand Valley State, MI
Everett Hamner, B.A., Johns Hopkins; M.A.T. Johns Hopkins; M.C.S. Regents
College, Vancouver, B.C. CANADA
Amy Hezel, B.A., University of NY, Buffalo; M.L.S., University of NY, Buffalo
Robert Hunsicker, B.A. (philosophy), Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
Jeremy Knapp, B.A., Thomas More College, KY
Deborah Manion, B.A., SUNY-Buffalo; M.A., SUNY-Buffalo
Christine Mazurkewycz, B.A.,University of Kansas; M.A., Purdue
Jailyn Moreland, B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Paige Nelson, B.A./B.S. (English, Spanish, psychology), University of Arizona, Tucson
Matthew Purdy, B.A., Connecticut College; M.A., SUNY-Binghamton
Eve Rosenbaum, B.A., SUNY-Binghamton; M.F.A. American University,
Washington, D.C.
LeDon Sweeney, B.A. (com. studs.), University of Iowa
Tevis Thompson, B.A. (gen. studs/hums.), University of Chicago; M.A. (Eastern classics), St. John’s College, NM
Bresnan, Mark St. Olaf College, (Minnesota) May 2001 (B.A.)
Burgess, Christopher Indiana University, South Bend, (Indiana) August 1997 (B.A.) Western Michigan University, June 2000, (M.A.)
Chasar, Michael Valparasio University, (Indiana) May 1993 (B.A.) Miami University (Ohio), December 1997 (M.A.)
Clay, Maia College of Wooster (Ohio), May 2002 (B.A.)
Davis, Joanna University of Kansas, July 2002 (B.A.)
Doty, Jeffrey Tarlton State University (Texas) May 2000 (B.A.) University of North Texas (Denton) May 2002 (M.A.)
Eamon, Patricia St. Johnâs College (New Mexico) May 2001 (B.A.)
Everson, David University of Florida, August 2001 (B.A.) Genoways, Theodore (Ted) Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln) May 1994 (B.A.) Texas Tech, May 1996 (M.A.) University of Virginia, May, 1999 (M.F.A.)
Hammerich, Jenna Lake Forest College (Illinois) May 2002 (B.A.)
Keegan, Tom University of Virginia, May 2002 (B.A.)
Kinneberg, Jennifer Gustavus Adolphus College (Minnesota) May 2002 (B.A.)
Kwon, Young Hee (Ms.) Seoul National University, February 1996 (B.A.) Seoul National University, February 1998 (M.A.)
Mallick, Sucheta Lady Brabourne College (India), April 1995 (B.A.) Jadaupur University (India), August 1997 (M.A.)
Smith, Laura Creighton University, (Nebraska) May 2002 (B.A.)
Stuhr, Tracy University of Iowa, December 1981 (B.A.) University of Iowa, (expected) December 2002 (M.F.A.)
Suchomel, Brooke University of Iowa, December 2001 (B.A.)
Balcita, Angela Loyola College, Maryland, May 1996 (B.A.)
Clark, Michael E. University of Iowa, May 2000 (B.A.)
Kushner, Aviya Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) May 1995 (B.A.) Boston University, (Mass.) Sept. 1998 (M.A.)
Leach, Amy Southwestern Adventist University (Texas) December 1999 (B.A.)
Li, Yi Yun (Ms.) University in China, 1996
Murray, Margaret University of Chicago, 1979 (B.A.) Yale University (Conn), 1983 (Ph.D.) in mathematics
Reed, Jebediah Duke University (N.C.) May 1996 (B.A.)
Thompson, Margaret Michigan State University, June 1992 (B.A.) University of Texas, Austin, May 1994 (M.A.) University of Iowa, May 1992 (M.F.A. Creative Writing)
Yocum, Bonnie Witman College, (Washington), May 2000 (B.A.)
Lisa
Angelella
University of Scranton (PA), B.A.
Area of Interest: Modernist Poetry
Jennifer Banash
University of Iowa, B.A.
Area of Interest: Modernist Period
Tembi Berbin
University of Texas, Austin, B.A.
Area of Interest: Colonialism, Postcolonial Theory, Jane Austin
Jeffrey Butler
UCLA, B.A.
University of Mass. M.F.A.
Area of Interest: 19th and 20th Century Literature
Jessica DeSpain
Mount Saint Claire College (Iowa), B.A.
Areas of Interest: Modernist and Contemporary Poetry, Gender Issues in Literature
Douglas
Dowland
Michigan State University, B.A.
Areas of Interest: 20th Century American Literature, Modernism,
Gender Studies, Cultural Studies
Nicole Flores
Northwestern University, B.A.
Area of Interest: Editors in American Fiction in the First Half of the 20th Century
Cory Hutchinson
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkansas), B.A.
University of Central Arkansas, M.A.
Area of interest: Meta-fiction of the Post Modern Novel
Kathryn Krueger
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN), B.A.
Area of Interest: 20th Century American and Irish Literature
Nathan Mitchel
Universityof Wisconsin, Green Bay, B.A.
Area of Interest: Gothic Fiction: Fantasy/Horror Genre Studies
Lorry Perry
Wellesly College (MA), B.A.
Areas of Interest: American Southern Literature, Modernism
Rufo Quintavalle
University of Oxford (England), B.A.
Area of Interest: Criticism
Marsha Walker
Jackson State University (MS), B.A.
Areas of Interest: African-American Literature and American Literature
Dorothy
Weiss
Earlham College (IN), B.A.
Areas of Interest: 20th Century Literature, Feminist Theory
Steven Almquist
St. Mary's College (MN), B.A.
University of North Dakota, M.A.
Area of Interest: Postcolonial Literature
Heidi Bean
Indiana University, B.A.
Areas of Interest: American Literature in the 1920s, Women's Writing
Gunnar Benediktsson
University of Calgary (Candada), B.A.
Iowa State University, M.A.
Areas of Interest: Critical Theory, 19th Century Literature
Nicole Buscemi
Illinois Wesleyan, B.A.
University of Chicago, M.A.
Areas of Interest: Modernism, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies
Kimberly Cohen
Hofstra University (NY), B.A.
SUNY-Stony Brook, M.A.
Areas of Interest: 20th Century American Literature, Women Writers,
Feminist Theory
Stacy
Erickson
Ripon College (WI), B.A.
Areas of Interest: 20th century Literature (Modernism), Renaissance
Literature
Heidi LaVine
St. Olaf's College (MN), B.A.
Area of Interest: 20th Century Literature
Matthew Miller
University of Nebraska, B.A.
University of Nebraska, M.A.
University of Iowa, (Writers' Workshop), M.F.A.
Areas of Interest: 19th Century American Literature, 20th Century
British and American Literature
Derek Oja
Georgia State University, B.A.
University of South Alabama, M.A.
Areas of Interest: Critical Theory, American Literature to 1900, 20th century
Literature
Anne Peterson
Evergreen State College (WA), B.A.
University of Wyoming, M.A.
Areas of Interest: Native Americans in American Literature, Late 19th Century
Literature
Joshua Raulerson
Iowa State University, B.A.
Areas of Interest: 19th and 20th Century American Literature
Anna
Spyra
University of Silesia (Poland), B.A.
University of Silesia (Poland), M.A.
Area of Interest: Post-colonial Literature
Justin St. Clair
Washington and Lee University (VA), B.A.
Areas of Interest: 20th Century American Literature, Postmodern
Literature
Jeffrey Swenson
St. John's University (MN), B.A.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.A.
Area of Interest Post-colonial American Literature
Keith Wilhite
St. Louis University (MO), B.A.
St. Louis University (MO), M.A.
Area of Interest: Narrative theory in relation to American Literature
Matthew "Greg" Bales
Harding University (AR), B.A.
Area of Interest: 19th Century American Literatur
David Banash
St. Ambrose University (IA), B.A.
Colorado State University, M.A.
Prospectus: "Collage"; Director: Kuenzli
Bidisha Banerjee
Presidency College (Calcutta, India), B.A.
Jadaupur University (Calcutta, India), M.A.
Claremont (CA), M.A.
Prospectus: No Nation Woman: Representations of Diaspora and the Female Body
in South Asian Women's Writing; Director: Emery
Robin Barrow
Tennessee Tech, B.A.
Prospectus: Silence and Spectacle: Rape in Victorian Fiction; Director: Boos
Renee Brochu
Binghamton University (NY), B.A.
Area of Interest: Renaissance
Patricia Brogan
Bryn Mawr (PA) B.A.
Prospectus: Home Free, or the Unreal Estate: Fantastic Literature in Britain,
1870-1930; Director: Latham
Mark Bruce
Bethel College (MN), B.A.
Colorado State University, M.A.
Area of Interest: 19th Century American Literature
Jeffrey Charis-Carlson
Western Michigan University, B.A.
University of Chicago, M.A.
Area of Interest: Twain and Bierce Ð Journalism and Literature of the
Fin de siecle
Vickie Clarke
University of California, Riverside, B.A.
American Literature
Andrew Clinton
Haverford College, (PA), B.A.
Area(s) of Interest: Renaissance Literature, African-American Literature,
Irish Literature
Michael Cooper
University of Iowa, B.A.
University of Iowa, M.A.T.
Areas of Interest: Black fiction, American Indian fiction
Elizabeth Corsun
University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A.
Prospectus: We are No Angels: The Comic Female Grotesque in Victorian Imagination;
Director: Stewart
J. P. Craig
Memphis State University (TN), B.A.
University of Memphis (TN), M.F.A.
Prospectus: Robert Duncan, Nathaniel McKey and Susan Howe
Director: Morris
Melissa Donegan
Bates College (ME), B.A.
Area of Interest: 18th and 19th Century British Literature
Mark Dowdy
California State University, Long Beach, B.A.
San Jose State, M.A.
Areas of interest: Renaissance Literature and drama, orality and literacy
studies
Megan Early
New York University, B.A.
New York University, M.A.
Prospectus: "Matters of Artistic Expression": The Performing Arts,
Aesthetics and Writing, 1841-1910, Director: Mangum
Anthony Enns
University of North Carolina, B.A.
Hollins College (VA), M.A.
Old Dominion University (VA) M.F.A.
Prospectus: Spiritual Media: Communicating with the Dead in the Electronic
age; Directors: Latham and Wittenberg
Jean Fernandez
University of Madras (India), B.A.
University of Madras (India), M.A.
Prospectus: In Service of Narration: Servants, Subalternity and Narrational
Politics in Victorian Fiction and Autobiography; Director: Stewart
Damon Franke
University of Carlifornia, Berkeley, B.A.
University of Georgia, M.A.
Prospectus: "Modern Heresies"; Director: Boos
Thomas Gannon
University of South Dakota, B.A.
University of South Dakota, M.A.
Prospectus: Human Self, Avian Other: Imagining the Bird from British Romantic
Poetry to Contemporary Native American Writing; Chair: Folsom
Michael Germana
Virginia Tech, B.A.
Virginia Tech, M.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
Marty Gould
Tulane University (LA), B.A.
University of Mississippi, Oxford, M.A.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, M.A.
Prospectus: Role Britannia: Theatricality and Empire in the Victorian Period
Director: Mangum
Susan Gray
University of Waterloo (Canada), B.A.
University of Iowa, M.F.A.
Area of Interest: English Romantic Poetry
Eric Haley
University of Georgia, B.A.
University of South Carolina, M.A.
Prospectus: These Places Could Have Been Home: Agriculture and Atopia in
American Literature; Director: Lutz
Mary Hayes
Dartmouth College, B.A.
University of Chicago, M.A.
Prospectus: Silence, Sounds and Religious Soundscapes in the Middle Ages;
Directors: Sponsler and Wilcox
Susan Hwang
Scripps College (CA), B.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
Joyce Kelley
Haverford College, (PA), B.A.
Areas of Interest: 19th and 20th Century British and American
Literature
Wesley Kisting
Marquette University, (WI), B.A.
Areas of Interest: Relationship between Nature and Faith/Suffering as it
relates to human development (character in literature)
Carol Lauhon
Kalamazoo College (MI), B.A.
University of Michigan, M.A.
University of Iowa, M.A.
The Hidden Hand in American Culture; Director: Folsom
Isiah Lavender
Southern University (LA), B.A.
Louisiana State University, M.A.
Prospectus: Otherhood(s), Mapping Race and Ethnicity in Science Fiction;
Director: Landon
Katherine Lewis
Pomona College (CA), B.A.
Prospectus: Speaking of Love: Gendered Personas and Gendered Desires in Poetry
and Culture, 1860-1920; Director: Morris
Alan Long
University of Oklahoma, B.A.
Area of Interest: Ben Jonson
Margaret Loose
Wafford College (SC), B.A.
University of South Carolina, M.A.
Prospectus: Reformations: The Role of Literary Form in Victorian Working-Class
Literature; Director: Boos
Shirley (Sam) Lopez
St. Mary's University (TX), B.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
Kathryn Lyons
SUNY-Buffalo, B.A.
Area of Interest: Shakespeare
Eddie Mallot
University of Missouri, B.A.
Prospectus: Recollections and Recorrections: Memories and Histories in Contemporary
South Asian Literature in English; Directors: Emery and Kumar
Jennifer
McGovern
University of Chicago, B.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
McLean, Thomas
Loyola University, (LA), B.A.
Boston College, M.A.
Prospectus: Representing Poland in Nineteenth-Century British Literature
and Culture: Director: Pascoe
Deirdre McMahon
Swarthmore (PA), B.A.
University of Virginia, M.A.
Prospectus: Strange Family Stories: Race and Domesticity in Nineteenth Century
British Literature; Director: Boos
Abigail Metcalf
Brown University (RI), B.A.
Prospectus: The Invention of Space; Director: Landon
Mary Moran
University of Chicago, B.A.
Narrative Ethics, Feminist Relational Thinking, and the Development of the
Novel; Director: Boos
Lori Muntz
University of Texas, Austin, B.A.
Prospectus: "I Gave a Lecture, and All the People Were with Us":
Nipo Strongheart and Native Intellectuals' Use of Popular Culture Venues
as a Method of Political Advocacy During the 1920s; Director: Diffley
Elyse Myers
North Central College (IL), B.A.
Prospectus: "Relativity Physiques: Representations of Space, Time and
Event-Bodies in Anglo-American Modernist Literature; Director: Lutz
Angela Nepodal
George Mason University, B.A.
George Mason University, M.A.
Areas of Interest: American Literature, Poststructural/Postmodern Theories
William Ness
Mid-America Nazarene College (KS), B.A.
Prospectus: Stars and Stripes Forever: The Flag and Civil War Poetry; Director:
Folsom
Ervin (E.N.)Nieves
Montclair State University (NJ), B.A.
Rutgers, M.A.
Prospectus: Body, Brain, and Consciousness: Coevolution, Phycholoogy, and
Culture in Contemporary
Chicana/o' Literature; Director: Lutz
Scott Nowka
University of Illinois, Chicago, B.A.
University of Illinois, Chicago, M.A.
Area of Interest: 18th Century Literature
John Pendell
Madonna University (MI), B.A.
DePaul University (IL), M.A.
Areas of Interest, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Modernism, Medieval
Literature
Mary Beth Pope
Central Michigan University, B.A.
Central Michigan University, M.A.
Prospectus: Waiting for Ed McMahon; Director: Hamilton
Shanti Roundtree
Wesleyan University (CT), B.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
Jennifer Ryan
University of Rochester (NY), B.A.
Prospectus: Any Women's Blues: Cultural Contexts of Jazz Poetry by African-American
Women; Director: Morris
Sean Scanlan
University of Missouri, Columbia, B.A.
University of Missouri, St. Louis, M.A.
Areas of Interest: American Fiction and Poetry 1830-1930, Modernism, Post
Modernism
Jennifer Sherer
Oberlin (OH), B.A.
Area of Interest: American Literature
Michael Smolinsky
Pomona College (CA), B.A.
Prospectus: Constructions and Intersections of "elite" and "popular"
Literary forms and cultural practices as represented in four "English"
plays of the early modern period; Director: H. Diehl
Amy Spellacy
University of St. Thomas (MN), B.A.
University of Iowa, M.A.
Prospectus: Neighbors and Neighborhoods During the Good Neighbor Policy 1933-1948:
Director: Eckstein
James Sprengelmeyer
Clarke College (IA), B.A.
Area of Interest: Graham Greene
Kimberli Stafford
Brigham Young University, (UT), B.A.
Brigham Young University, (UT), M.A.
Prospectus: Time, Narrative, Intertext: The Poetics of Narrative in Contemporary
American Indian Fiction; Director: Emery
Mariah Steele
University of Wisconsin, B.A.
New Mexico State, M.A
Areas of Interest: Romantic Women Poets, 19th Century Women Travel
Writers
Erica Still
Temple University, B.A.
Area of Interest: African-American Literature
Elizabeth Tsukahara
Wellesley (MA), B.A.
Area of Interest 20th Century British Literature
Mimi Van Ausdall
Washington University (MO), B.A.
Carnegie Mellon (PA), M.A.
Area of Interest: 18th Century, Feminist Theory
Missa Yook
Seoul National University (Korea), B.A.
Seoul National University (Korea), M.A.
Prospectus: Sympathetic Identification and Its Many Anxieties; Directors:
Pascoe and Mangu