Faculty
Ylce Irizarry
- Irizarry, Ylce. 鈥淭ranslating Silence into Story: An Interview with Angie Cruz.鈥� Chiric煤 Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, vol. 5, no. 1, (2020): pp.65-76.
- Under the supervision of Dr. Ylce Irizarry, Kimber Wiggs, Adrienne Vivian, and Ashely Tisdale, each successfully defended their literary studies dissertations this academic year! Each doctoral candidate examined literature under the broad methodology of Critical Race Theory and then drew on interdisciplinary methodologies to center gender, class, and dis/ability studies analysis of 19th, 20th, or 21st century narrative.
- Dr. Wiggs鈥� dissertation title was 鈥溾�榃e developed Solidarity鈥�: Family, Race, Identity and Space-Time in Contemporary American Fiction.鈥�
- Dr. Vivian鈥檚 dissertation title was 鈥淚ntersections of Race and Place in Short Fiction by New Orleans Gens de Couleur libres 飞谤颈迟别谤蝉.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
- Dr. Tisdale鈥檚 dissertation title was 鈥淩eframing the Gothic: Race, Gender, and Disability in US Multiethnic Literature.鈥�
Students
Kara Larson
- Kara Larson was one of CCCC's Scholars for the Dream award winners.
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Katie Walkup, PhD
- Dr. Katie Walkup has accepted a position as a Collegiate Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. Dr. Walkup will be working with the Calhoun Discovery Program at the VT Honors College and specializing in communication for sociotechnical systems.
Kimber Wiggs, PhD English Literature
- Dr. Kimber Wiggs has accepted a position as Product Content Specialist at Qgiv in Lakeland, Florida.