Faculty
Ylce Irizarry
- Irizarry, Ylce. “Translating Silence into Story: An Interview with Angie Cruz.” Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, vol. 5, no. 1, (2020): pp.65-76. https://doi.org/10.2979/chiricu.5.1.05
- 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’ dissertation title was “‘We developed Solidarity’: Family, Race, Identity and Space-Time in Contemporary American Fiction.”
- Dr. Vivian’s dissertation title was “Intersections of Race and Place in Short Fiction by New Orleans Gens de Couleur libres writers.”
- Dr. Tisdale’s dissertation title was “Reframing the Gothic: Race, Gender, and Disability in US Multiethnic Literature.”
Students
Kara Larson
- Kara Larson was one of CCCC's Scholars for the Dream award winners.
Alumni
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.