Graduate

Summer 2022

Sage Hagerty, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Race, Revenge, and the Law in Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy and Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi" and "Gender and Narrative Instability in Joyce’s “Nausicaa”"
Committee: Susan Mooney (Chair), Timothy Turner

Stephanie Harper, PhD English Literature

Dissertation: Vulnerable Resistance in Victorian Women's Writing
Committee: Marty Gould (Chair), Regina Hewitt, Emily Jones, Susan Mooney, Brook Sadler

Fall 2022

Michelle Dam, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Revisioning Menstruation in Robin McKinley's Deerskin" and "Othello #sayhisname"
Committee: John Lennon (Chair), Timothy Turner

Spring 2023

Sarah Akomoh, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Redefining Black Authenticity and Citizenship in Frances Harper’s Minnie’s Sacrifice" and "Hunger For a Permanent Place: Identity, Voice, and Community in Black Feminism"
Committee: Gary Lemons (Chair), Kristin Allukian

Rebecca Arrowsmith, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: The Pelvic Floor: Memoir of a Body
Committee: Julia Koets (Chair), Gurleen Grewal, Jarod Roselló

Mara Beneway, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: DAUGHTERS OF LILITH
Committee: Natalie Scenters-Zapico (Chair), Jarod Roselló, Julia Koets

Justiss Burry, PhD English Rhetoric & Composition

Dissertation: Of Mētis and Cuttlefish: Employing Collective Mētis as a Theoretical Framework for Marginalized Communities
Committee: Lisa Melonçon (Chair), Ángel Maldonado, J. Blake Scott, Jeffrey Bennett

Jackie Carlson, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "A Brilliant Spectacle: Journalist Eliza Potter in Saratoga Springs" and "Margaret Cavendish and Björk: Transversal Studies Before and After the Apocalypse"
Committee: Kristin Allukian (Chair), Meredith Johnson

Samantha Chianese, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: Your Diaphragm a Doghouse
Committee: Natalie Scenters-Zapico (Chair), Julia Koets, Heather Sellers

Mimi Coto, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Placing Herself at Center: Eliza Potter’s A Hairdresser’s Experience in High Life (1859) and the Value of Self" and "Deconstructing and Redefining Black Womxnhood: Britain, Blackness and Gender Diversity in “Burgerz” and Girl, Woman, Other"
Committee: Kristin Allukian (Chair), Susan Mooney

Jessica Griffith, PhD English Rhetoric & Composition

Dissertation: A Field Wide Exploration of Design Courses in TPC
Committee: Lisa Melonçon (Chair), Liane Robertson, Joanna Schreiber, Kristen Gay

Nikki Lyssy, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: The Chances We Take: A Novel
Committee: Jarod Rosello (Chair), Jacob Wolff, John Fleming

Karla Maddox, PhD English Rhetoric & Composition

Dissertation: Organizations Ensuring Resilience: A Case Study of Cortez, Florida
Committee: Lisa Melonçon (Chair), S. Morgan Gresham, Diane Price-Herndl, Carl Herndl

Jameson Reno, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: Laguna Seca
Committee: Jarod Roselló (Chair), John Fleming, Jacob Wolff

Fatemah Sadeq, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Milton as an Eastern Revolutionary" and "The Illusion of an Idealistic Britain"
Committee: Susan Mooney (Chair), Emily Jones

Jordan Schultz, MFA Creative Writing

Thesis: The Foodie Diaries
Committee: Natalie Scenters-Zapico (Chair), Julia Koets, Jarod Roselló

Katie Zepf, MA English Literature

Portfolio: "Pricked on by Pride: White Masculine Fragility in Shakespeare's Hamlet" and "Paradise Willingly Lost: The Spirit of Lilith, Who Was Also Eve, in John Milton's Paradise Lost and C.L. Moore's Fruit of Knowledge"
Committee: Emily Jones (Chair), Timothy Turner

Creative writing

• Samantha Chianese, MFA, spring 2023
• Mara Beneway, MFA, spring 2023
• Haley Morton, MFA, spring 2021
• Courtney Clute, MFA, spring 2020
• Patrick Templeton, MFA, spring 2020
• Adam Carter, MFA, spring 2019
• Erika Staiger, MFA, spring 2019
• Allyson Hoffman, MFA, spring 2018
• Georgia Jackson, MFA, spring 2018
• Alysia Sawchyn, MFA, spring 2018

Literature

• Katie Zepf, MA, spring 2023
• Jackie Carlson, MA, spring 2023
• Teddy Duncan, MA, spring 2022
• Taylor DeMichael, MA, spring 2022
• Meghan Hutton, MA, spring 2020
• Stephanie Lance, PhD, fall 2019
• Elan Pavlinich, PhD, summer 2019
• Susan Meeler, MA, spring 2019
• Heather Fox, PhD, fall 2017
• Seth Spencer, MA, spring 2017
• Christina Connor, MA, spring 2016

Rhetoric & composition

• Justiss Burry, PhD, spring 2023
• Jessica Griffith, PhD, spring 2023
• Adam Phillips, PhD, spring 2022
• Katie Walkup, PhD, spring 2021
• Stephanie Phillips, PhD, fall 2020
• Natalie Kass, MA, spring 2017
• Lauren Cagle, PhD, summer 2016

Current employment, MFA graduates 2013-2022

Tenure-track / full-time permanent positions
Ball State University Bethune-Cookman University Warren Wilson College	Pennsylvania State University University of South Florida Full Sail University
Other humanities careers
Career advisor, Eckerd College Library assistant, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library System Page designer/copy editor, The Tampa Tribune Associate director of corporate and foundation relations, Vanderbilt University Scriptwriter, 4:33 Creative Lab (South Korea)	Administrator of cognitive skills programs, American College of Surgeons Associate course director, Full Sail University SI coordinator, University of Central Florida Senior proposal manager, WWC Global E-commerce product copywriter, Helly Hanson

Current employment and degree programs, MA graduates 2013-2022

Degree programs (PhD programs in English, unless otherwise noted)
University of South Florida University of Tennessee University of Mississippi University of West Virginia	University of Washington University of Florida University of Houston
Other humanities careers
SEO blog strategist, Progressive Dental LLC Operations specialist, Vision Government Solutions, Inc. English teacher, Sunlake High School Assistant librarian, University of South Florida English teacher, Palm Beach Central High School Legislative aide, Florida House of Representatives	English instructor, Sarasota High School Instructional design manager, Publix Super Markets English teacher, Spruce Creek High School Senior software test engineer & technical writer, Jacobs Technology Outreach coordinator, Fairfield University Advisor, Florida Institute of Technology

Current employment, PhD graduates 2013-2022

Assistant professor positions, tenure-track / full-time permanent
University of South Florida Sebelas Maret University (Indonesia) Warner University Hillsborough Community College Wabash College St. Petersburg College Fairfield University Southeastern University Bethune-Cookman University State College of Florida, Bradenton Polk State College Virginia Tech University of California, Davis Seminole State College	Eastern Kentucky University University of Tampa Washington State University, Vancouver Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University University of Kentucky Pasco-Hernando State College Appalachian State University LaGuardia Community College New England Institute of Technology Old Dominion University Louisiana State University, Shreveport Danville Community College
Visiting instructor / FT temporary / adjunct positions
University of South Florida Eckerd College	University of Tampa Bryn Mawr College
Other humanities careers
Senior academic advisor I, University of South Florida Full-time writer, DC Comics Head of adult services, Palm Harbor Library Associate director, Office of Prestigious Fellowships, Fordham University Content product manager, EverFi Education	Product content specialist, Qgiv Head of information & research services, Florida International University Writer, Creative Pinellas Freelance author Faculty developer/instructional designer, Valencia College Instructional consultant, University of Michigan