Graduate Students
Learn more about the graduate students in the Department of English at Saint Louis University.
Department of English Graduate Students
Hope Abrams
M.A. student
B.A in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: Postcolonial literature and theory
Aisling Alvarez
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from UC Irvine, M.A. in English from CU Boulder
Area of study: Long 19th-century and the Victorian novel
Meredith Andalis
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Texas A&M University
Area of study: Digital rhetoric, rhetoric of technology and Asian American rhetoric
Helen R. Ball
M.A. student
B.A. in English and Philosophy from Lindenwood University
Area of study: 19th-century British literature, the English novel, composition and rhetoric
Anna Baugher
Ph.D. student
B.A. in Communication (Journalism and Media Studies) from Saint Louis University, M.A. in Communication from Saint Louis University
Area of study: Rhetoric, composition and writing pedagogy
Jakob Benner
M.A. student
B.M. in Music Education from University of North Texas
Area of study: Narrative form and empathy in the novel
Emma Bracken
M.A. student
B.A. in English from the University of Arkansas
Area of study: Contemporary American literature and critical theory
Alexa Broemmer
B.A. in English from Quincy University, M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: 19th-20th century American literature
Areas of interest: Women's and gender studies, horror and ecocriticism
Cheyenne Burns
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English Literature and minor in Gender Studies from Lindenwood University, M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: Contemporary American literature, with an emphasis in themes of embodiment and identity formation
Sarah Burt
B.A. in English and History from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) 2019, M.A. in English Language and Literature 2021.
Area of study: Medieval studies
Areas of interest: Eco-material studies, eco-critical and animal agency in medievalism, cross-cultural analysis, cross-period analysis, chivalric romance, and transformative mythologies and folklore.
Jesse Carter
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia, M.A. in English from Truman State University
Area of study: 20th-century American literature, ecocriticism and biopolitics
Finn Gregory
M.A. student
Morgan Hausback
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from Saint Louis University, Master of Letters in Romantic and Victorian Studies from The University of St. Andrews
Area of study: Long 19th-century literature and British women writers
Reyna Huff
M.A. Student
B.A. in Multimedia Journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University
Area of study: 20th-century American literature and political movements
Ahlam Jaber
Ph.D. Candidate
Bachelor of Arts in English from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville; Master of Arts in English from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville
Area of study: Postcolonialism, violence, and the senses
McKenzie Johnston
Ph.D. student
B.A in English and Spanish from Webster University, M.A. in Linguistics from Southern Illinois Carbondale, M.A. in Literature from Southern Illinois Edwardsville
Area of study: Long 19th-century, American, literary theory and genre fiction
Lucas King
M.A. student
Jake Kingsley
M.A. student
B.A in English from McKendree University
Area of study: Queer literary theory, evolution of the "New Negro" trope in U.S. literature and creative writing
Isabelle Koch
M.A. student
B.A. in English Literature from the University of Evansville
Area of study: Medieval literature and material culture
Sydney Lindsey
B.A. in English Education from Murray State University, M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: Contemporary literature and film
Areas of interest: Women and gender studies, horror and the Gothic
Charlie Meyers
Ph.D. student
B.A. in Theater and Jewish Studies from Smith College, M.F.A. in Playwriting from The University of Iowa, M.A. in Theater and Performance Studies from Washington University
Area of study: Ecocriticism, performance studies and dramatic literature
Ellen Miller
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from the University of Kansas
Area of study: Rhetoric, ecocriticism, contemporary nonfiction, queer theory and disability studies
Emma O'Donnell
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English Literature from Missouri State University, M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: The Victorian novel, women writers of the 19th century and medical humanities
August Rickard
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from Webster University; M.A. in English and graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies from Saint Louis University.
Area of study: 17th-century British literature, early modern trans studies and book history
Dominic Robin
Ph.D. candidate
B.S. in English and Business from College of the Ozarks, M.A. in English from University of North Florida
Area of study: Critical AI ethics and governance. bioethics & applied healthcare ethics, medical humanities and rhetoric of health and medicine, science and technology studies (STS)/emerging health technologies, science and professional communication
Anthony Romero
M.A. student
A.A. in General Studies from Lee College, B.A. in English from Trinity University
Area of study: A.A. in General Studies from Lee College, B.A. in English from Trinity University
anthony.t.romero@slu.edu
Becca Koch
M.A. student
B.A. in Secondary Education and English from Concordia University Wisconsin
Area of study: Contemporary American literature and film, women's and gender studies
Caroline Sarris
M.A. student
B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing from Washington University in St. Louis.
Area of study: Romance literature, book history, children's literature, and prose fiction
Sandy Schaefer
Ph.D. student
Brooklynn H. Shatto
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from Saint Louis University, M.A. in English from Saint Louis University, M.A. Certificate in Women & Gender Studies from Saint Louis University
Area of study: Rhetoric, digital humanities, women and gender studies, and contemporary literature
Jolie G. Strahan
M.A. student
B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of Wyoming
Area of study: Ecocriticism, politics, philosophy and the contemporary novel
Kathleen (Katie) Eck Thorman
B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Dominican University; M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of study: 19th-century British literature
Areas of interest: Disability studies, women's and gender studies, and teaching pedagogy
Kwan Willhoft
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Webster University
Area of study: Modern/contemporary literature, YA/young adult literature, genre studies, and form and space
Zahin Zaima
M.A. from Eastern Illinois University, B.A. from East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Area of study: Postcolonial feminism