Program Alumni

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2022

 
Jason Goldfarb   
Lucas PowerAssistant Professor of EnglishRose-Hulman Institute of Technology 
Casey Williams   
Joseph Ren   

2021

 
Jessica Gokhberg   
Xuenan CaoPostdoctoral AssociateYale University 
Shahrazad Shareef   
Anastasija Karklina   
Jaime Gonzalez   
Mitchell D. MurtaghVisiting Assistant ProfessorWomen’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Emory University 

2020

 
Annu DahiyaAssistant Director Night School Bar 
Michael GaffneyMEM StudentDuke Nicholas School 
Shannan HayesVisiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program and Peace, Justice, and Human RightsHaverford College 
Renee RaginLSA Collegiate FellowUniversity of Michigan, Comparative Literature 
Cole RizkiAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Virginia, Spanish and Portuguese 
Yair RubinsteinAdjunct Professor Adjunct Professor,  Virginia Commonwealth University, Communication Arts 

2019

 
Jacob SoulePost-Doc Teaching FellowAuburn University, English 
Corinne BlalockExecutive Director, Law and Political Economy Project, and Associate Research ScholarYale Law School, Executive Director, Law and Political Economy Project 
Bennett Dempsey CarpenterOrganizer and ActivistLEAD NC and Durham For All, Durham NC 
Chase Paulina GregoryAssistant ProfessorBucknell University, English 
Nicholas Alan HuberAssistant ProfessorHampton University, Department of English and Foreign Languages 
Jessica Estlund IssacharoffPostdoc, Law and SocietyNewcomb College Institute, Tulane University 
Laura Jaramillo Curriculum Developer, MetaMetrics, Durham, NC 
    

2018

 
Jui-An Rae ChouPost-docInternational Center for Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 
Rachel GreenspanPart time facultyEugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, New School, NYC 
Carolyn LaubenderLecturerEssex University, Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies 
David RamboPostdoctorate FellowDuke University 
John StadlerAssistant Professor, Department of EnglishNorth Carolina State University 
Michael SwachaLecturerUniversity of Maine, English 
Ryan VuCurriculum DeveloperMetametrics, Durham, NC 
Karim WissaCo-director of Curriculum, English, and HumanitiesMountain School of Milton Academy 

2017

 
Abhishek (Bobo) Bose-KolanuProject ManagerFacebook 
Amalle DublonPart time Lecturer in Visual StudiesEugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, New School, NYC 
Amanda Gould Partnership for Public Service 
Lisa KlarrVisiting Assistant ProfessorWake Forest University (English) 
Navid NaderiTeacher(private school) Iran 
Sophie SmithInstructor of Writing, writer, community organizer, and desert aid volunteerPima Community College 
Virginia TumaTeacherKent Denver School, CO, World Languages 
Serhat Uyurkulak Postdoctorate ResearcherÖzyeğin University 

2016

 
K.B. BurnsideEducator, Research and Education DepartmentNurses United 
Katherine CostelloRegional DE&I and Communications ManagerERM: Environmental Resources Management 

2015

 
Melody JueAssociate ProfessorUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (English) 

2014

 
Leah AllenAssistant ProfessorGrinnell College (Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies) 
Zachary BlasLecturerGoldsmith's University of London (Visual Cultures) 
Abigail LangstonPublic FellowAmerican Council of Learned Societies 
Clarissa Ai Ling LeePostdoctoral AssociateNational University of Malaysia, Bangi 
China MedelAssistant ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel Hill , (Communication) 

2013

 
Elisabeth BellAdjunct ProfessorEarly College of Arvada 
Rizvana BradleyAssistant ProfessorYale University (African American Studies) 

2012

 
Gerard CanavanAssistant ProfessorMarquette University (English) 
Beatriz Llenin-FigueroaAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (Humanities) 
Abraham GrahamAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Amsterdam (Film Studies) 
KaMan Calvin HuiAssistant ProfessorWilliam and Mary (Chinese Studies) 
Allen RiddellPostdoctoral FellowDartmouth, Neukom Institute 
Sara Appel   

2011

 
Justin IzzoAssistant ProfessorBrown University (French Studies) 

2010

 
Luka ArsenjukAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Maryland (Languages, Literatures & Cultures) 
Bulent EkenLecturerKadir Has University (Communication Design) 
Hongsheng JiangAssociate ProfessorPeking University (Chinese) 
Michelle KoernerLecturerUniversity of California Berkeley (French) 
Kinohi NishikawaAssistant ProfessorPrinceton University (English) 
Firat OrucAssistant ProfessorGeorgetown University (English) 
Jennifer RheeAssistant ProfessorVirginia Commonwealth University (English) 
Shilyh WarrenAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Texas Dallas (Film Studies) 
Corina StanAssistant ProfessorDuke University (English) 

2009

 
Nicholas BaumbachAssistant ProfessorColumbia University (Film Studies) 
Russell LeoAssistant ProfessorPrinceton University (English) 
Alvaro ReyesAssistant ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Geography) 
Alexander RuchPostdoctoral AssociateTulane University 

2008

 
Courtney BakerAssociate ProfessorConnecticut College (English) 
Heather PilaticStrategic Communications Pesticide Action Network North America 
Teresa ShewryAssociate ProfessorUniversity of California Santa Barbara (English) 

2007

 
Kristin BergenAssistant ProfessorHoward University (English) 
Magdalena OstasAssistant ProfessorBoston University (English) 
Rachel PriceAssociate ProfessorPrinceton University (Spanish and Portuguese) 
Juan Carlos RodriguezAssociate ProfessorGeorgia Tech (Spanish) 
Abigail SalernoAdjunct InstructorSouthern Connecticut State University (English) 

2006

 
Arnal DayaratnaManagement Consulting
Mike EnnisLecturing FellowDuke University Thompson Writing Program 
Erica EdwardsAssociate ProfessorUniversity of California Riverside (English 
Nayeli Garci-CrespoTechnical WriterVivaHub, Sound Pure LLC 
Jini WatsonAssociate ProfessorNew York University (English) 
Matt WilkinsAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Notre Dame (English) 

2005

 
Jack DraperAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Missouri (Romance Languages and Literature) 
Li-Li HsiehAssociate ProfessorNational Central University, Taiwan (English) 
Julie KimAssociate ProfessorFordham University (English) 
Mendi ObadikeAssociate ProfessorPratt (Humanities and Media Studies) 
Alanna ThainAssociate ProfessorMcGill University (English and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies) 
Pavla VeselaSenior LecturerCharles University, Czech Republic (Anglophone Literatures and Cultures) 

2004

 
Amy CarrollAssistant Professor, Literary StudiesThe New School 
Aisha KarimAssociate ProfessorSaint Xavier University (English and Foreign Languages) 
Desiree MartinAssociate ProfessorUniversity of California Davis (English) 
David WoodardPolicy AnalystOntario Ministry of Social Services 

2003

 
Kristen BarnesProfessor, LawSyracuse University 
Jon Beasley-MurrayAssociate ProfessorUniversity of British Columbia (French, Hispanic & Italian Studies) 
Jessica BlausteinCo-Founder, StudioOSS CollectiveSingapore and NYC 
Fabio DuraoProfessorUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (Modernist Literature) 
Elizabeth LaMacciaAttorneyRansmeier & Spellman P.C. Attorneys at Law 
Yiman WangAssociate ProfessorUniversity of California Santa Cruz (Film & Digital Media) 
Min WuProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh (English) 

2002

 
Jason MiddletonAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Rochester (Visual & Cultural Studies) 
Danapalan PillayPolicy AdvisorBritish Government (Culture, Media and Sports) 
Ilka SaalProfessorUniversitat Erfurt (American Literature) 
Megan SweeneyAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Michigan (English Language & Literature) 

2001

 
Teresa ChungAssistant ProfessorHarper College (English) 
David FreemanResearch DirectorCommon Sense Foundation 
Amy FrykholmAssociate EditorThe Christian Century 
Alexander GallowayProfessorNew York University (Media, Culture and Communication) 
Alejandro ManaraProfessorUniversidad de Belgrano 
Norbert SchurerProfessorCalifornia State University Long Beach (English) 
Christian ThorneAssociate ProfessorWilliams College (English) 

2000

 
Roger BebeAssociate ProfessorOhio State University (Art) 
Susan BrookAssociate ProfessorSimon Fraser University 
Ulrik EkmanAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Copenhagen (Arts and Cultural Studies) 
Natania MeekerAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Southern California (French and Comparative Literature) 
James PenneyAssistant ProfessorTrent University (Cultural Studies)  
Vivasvan SoniAssociate ProfessorNorthwestern University (English) 
Christina TourinoAssociate ProfessorSaint John’s University (English) 

1999

 
Nicholas BrownAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (African American Studies & English) 
Jennifer DoyleProfessorUniversity of California, Riverside (English) 
Ted FriedmanAssociate ProfessorGeorgia State University (Communications) 
Gregory HamptonAssociate ProfessorHoward University (English) 
Svetlana MintchevaPrograms DirectorNational Coalition Against Censorship 
John MurnighamAssistant ProfessorUniversity of the Arts (Communications) 
Lily PhillipisAssistant ProfessorJohn Carroll University (English) 
Gillian SilvermanAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Colorado at Denver (English) 
Lucia SuarezAssociate ProfessorAmherst College (European Studies, Spanish) 

1998

 
Alden BumsteadCommunications DirectorCure Alliance for Mental Illness 
Maude HinesAssociate ProfessorPortland State University (English)  
Zilkia JanerProfessorHofstra University (Global Studies and Geography)  
Matthew LazenDirector of StudiesButler College 
Jennifer ParcheskyProfessorArizona State University (English)  
Imre SzemanResearch ChairUniversity of Alberta (English & Film Studies) 
Johannes Von MoltkeProfessorUniversity of Michigan (German) 

1997

 
Sara DaniusProfessorSödertörn University (Literature and Aesthetics) 
Marcus EmbryProfessor/ChairUniversity of Northern Colorado (English)  
Christopher HarlosAssistant ProfessorNorth Carolina State University (Communications)  
Daniel ItzhovitzProfessorStonehill College (English) 
Stefan JonssonProfessorLinköping University (Social and Welfare Studies) 
Joseph KaraganisVice PresidentThe American Assembly, Columbia University 
Eleanor KaufmanProfessorUniversity of California Los Angeles (Comparative Literature) 
Erin SmithAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Texas at Dallas (American Studies)  

1996

 
Chris CunninghamAssistant Headmaster/Dean of FacultyThe Lawrenceville School 
Jonathan FlatleyAssociate ProfessorWayne State University (English) 
Rosanne KennedyAssociate ProfessorAustralian National University (Gender, Sex & Culture)  
David MooreAssociate ProfessorMacalester College (International Studies & English) 
Neferti TadiarProfessorBanard College (Gender and Sexuality Studies) 

1995

 
Elise-Noel McMahonFreelance Writer
José Esteban MuñozProfessorNew York University (Performance Studies)  
Faith SmithAssociate ProfessorBrandeis University (Afro-American Studies and English)  
Robert TalbotAdjunct FacultyUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (English) 
Silvia TandeciarzAssociate ProfessorWilliam and Mary (Hispanic Studies) 
Xu-Dong ZhangProfessorNew York University (East Asian Studies & Comparative Lit) 

1994

 
Jonathan BellerProfessorPratt Institute (Media Studies) 
Cesare CasarinoProfessorUniversity of Minnesota (Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature) 
Samira KawashProfessor EmeritaRutgers University (Women’s and Gender Studies) 
Christopher PavsekAssociate ProfessorSimon Fraser University (Film)  
Sara PoorAssociate ProfessorPrinceton University (German) 
Robert SeguinAssistant ProfessorHartwick College (English) 

1993

 
Lloyd DaviesProfessorWestern Kentucky University (English) 
Saree MakdisiProfessorUniversity of California Los Angeles (English) 
Yael SchlickProfessorQueens University (English Language and Literature)  
Michael SpeaksProfessor/DeanSyracuse University, School of Architecture  
Phillip WegnerProfessorUniversity of Florida (English) 
Jane WinstonAssoiate ProfessorNorthwestern University (French and Gender Studies) 

1992

 
Deborah ChayDirector Schaffer and Combs, LLC  
Susan HegemanProfessorUniversity of Florida (English)  
Thomas ScanlanAssociate ProfessorOhio University (English) 
Barbara WillProfessorDartmouth (English) 

1991

 
Santiago ColasAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Michigan (Arts and Ideas in the Humanities) 
Richard DienstAssociate ProfessorRutgers University (English) 
Jamie HysjulienTeacherCarolina Friends School (Language Arts and Social Studies) 
Henry SchwarzProfessorGeorgetown University (English) 
Xiaobing TangProfessorUniversity of Michigan (Modern Chinese Studies and Comparative Lit) 
Naomi WoodProfessorKansas State University (English)  

1990

 
Barbara ChingProfessorIowa State University (English) 
Matthew HearnProfessorDavid Lipscomb University (English)