Graduate Students
Our graduate students come from the U.S. and from all across the world. In the links below you can find descriptions of our graduate students and their area(s) of interest.
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Abbasi-Lemmon, Laura
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MA, Women’s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2014 to Present BA, Art and Communication, McDaniel College Areas of interest: Pregnancy and motherhood; feminist disability studies; interdisciplinary methods; and reproductive technologies. |
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Akaltun, Evren
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2007-present MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2011 BA, English, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000 Areas of interest: 20th Century Turkish literature, transnational studies, World Literature, psychoanalysis, travel literature. |
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Basaldua, Sophia
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sophia.basaldua@stonybrook.edu Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2013 to present MA, English, Clemson University, 2013 BA, English, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 2011 Areas of interest: representations of cities in literature, urban studies, space and place, postcolonialism, early twentieth century, Buenos Aires, New York, and Paris, the novel as a genre, modernism, cosmopolitanism, the metropolis. |
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Barnhart, Ryan
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2007-present BA, Comparative Literature, New York University Areas of Interest: Postmodernism, rhetoric, religion, Hispanic studies, film. |
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Bonvissuto, Stephanie
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Stephanie.Bonvissuto@stonybrook.edu Ph.D. Program: Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook, 2015 to present. MA: Joint Sociology & Women’s and Gender Studies, Brandeis University, 2014-2015 BA: Sociology, Women’s Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2010-2013 Areas of Interest: Gender/Sex, Identity Formation and Deployment, Embodiment and Body Politics, Feminist Theory, Social Psychology. |
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Brock, Marcus
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2010 - present B.A. American Literature & Culture, Minor: Political Science, University of California Los Angeles M.C.M., Communication Management, University Of Southern California Visual Culture, Afrofuturism, Media & Communications, Gender and Sexuality, Arts Education, Subcultures, Media & Communications, Post-Colonialism, Constructs of Race, Sartorial Symbolism, Queer Studies, Social Justice. |
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Burrows, Claire
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2006-present MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2010 MA, Aesthetic Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006 BA, Literary Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2003 Areas of interest: graphic narratives, autobiography, twentieth century fiction, holocaust studies, trauma narratives.
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Cannarella, Elaine |
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Chen, I-Ju Ruby
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2005 - present BA, English, Tamkang University (Taiwan) 2001 Areas of Interest: late-19th century French Art, Literature and Criticism, Heterotopia, contemporary Chinese prose and poetry. |
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Choi, Ignacio |
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Clinton, Greg
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PhD Program, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2012 - present MA, Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), 2005 BA, Philosophy, College of Wooster, 2001 Areas of Interest: Intersection of philosophy and literature, Education, Romanticism, Philosophy of Science, Intellectual History, Shakespeare. |
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Coates, Kimberly
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kimberly.coates@stonybrook.edu PhD, Comparative Literature Stony Brook University, 2014 - present MA, History and Literature, Columbia University, 2014 BA, English, Santa Clara University, 2009 Areas of Interest: Literature and Philosophy, 20th and 21st Century Existentialist Fiction, American and French Feminist Theory. |
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Cohen, James
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2015 - present MA, Comparative Arts and Culture, Hofstra University, 2010 BA, Television Production, Hofstra University, 2004 Areas of Interest: Media archaeology, cultural anthropology, web television, memes and visual languages, digital media literacy, media studies. |
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Corbman, Rachel
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PhD, Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook, 2014-present Advanced Certificate, Archives, New York University BA, Liberal Arts, The New School, 2010 MA, Liberal Studies, CUNY Graduate Center 2012 Areas of Interest: The history of Women's and Gender Studies; 20th century feminist, LGBT, and African-American social movements; community based lesbian, feminist, and women's archives; feminist and queer theory; 20th century American literature; African-American literature. |
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Deger, Anne |
PhD, Cultural Studies, 2012 - present B.A., Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland Areas of Interest: Media studies; internet and social media; history of science; media archaeology; digital communications. |
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Desgranges, Magdala
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magdala.desgranges@stonybrook.edu Ph.D, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2014 - present MA, Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville BA, Media Studies and English, Hunter College Areas of Interest: Cultural Memory, Pan-African Studies, Media Studies, Visual Art, Intercultural Communication, International Education. |
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Desmond, Theresa |
PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2009- present MS, Criminal Justice, Long Island University 2008 MA, English, Long Island University, 1990 MA, Spanish, SUNY Albany,1988 BA, SUNY Albany, 1985 Areas of Academic Interest: Modernism, feminism, post-colonial theory, literature and the laWProfessional Interests: teaching composition, education opportunity programs, working with the under-represented students, creative writing. |
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Eicher, Andrew
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2015-present MA, Media Studies, The New School, 2013 BA, University of California, Berkeley, 2010 Areas of Interest: Disability Studies, HIV/AIDS, Frankfurt School, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Critical Theory, Neoliberalism
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Godwin, Dylan
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011-present B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia M.A., English, University of California at Davis Areas of interest: Poetry and poetics. |
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Green, Gregory |
PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011-present B.A. St. John's College, Santa Fe Areas of interests: International Genre Fiction, Theory Of Literature, Postwar Germany. |
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Hamidi, Yalda N.
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PhD Program: Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook, 2014 to present. MA Program: Women's and Gender Studies, University at Albany SUNY, 2012-2014 Areas of Interest: Feminist Theory, Religious/ Islamic Feminism, Body Politics, Feminist Rhetoric |
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Harwick, Jessica
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jessica.harwick@stonybrook.edu PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2013-present BA, Comparative Literature, Penn State University, 2013 BA, English, Penn State University, 2013 Areas of Interest: Post-Colonial Literature and Studies, Modern and Contemporary Literature, Storytelling, Italian Literature.
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Ho, Michelle
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2012 - present MAS, Information, Technology, and Society in Asia (ITASIA), University of Tokyo, 2012 BA (Hons), Literature in English, National University of Singapore, 2007 Areas of Interest: Japan, Film and Literary Theory, The Mass Media (Television), and Women And Gender. |
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Tara Holmes
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PhD, Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2015-present Areas of interest: Visual culture, queer theory, affect theory, and gender and sexuality in horror films.
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Hong, Douglas
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook 2012 - present MA, English, UC Santa Barbara, 2008 BA, English, UC Berkeley, 2001 Areas of interest: Politics and aesthetics, critical theory, literature, technology and labor. |
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Joseph Kampff
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2015 – present MA, English, Stony Brook University, 2015 BA, Liberal Arts, The New School, 2012 Areas of interest: late-20th century to contemporary world literature, the relationship of literature to ethics and justice, post-apocalyptic fiction, literary and critical theory.
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Knox, Allyse
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PhD, Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2014-present MAT, Special Education, Hamline University, 2014 BA,Theatre Arts, Mount Holyoke College, 2010 Areas of interests: feminist and queer theory; affect and new materialisms; environmental and feminist (post)humanities; biopolitics, the body, and reproduction; settler colonialism and indigeneity; film, media, and performance studies |
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Lee, Hyosun
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2015-Present MA, German Literature, Seoul National University, 2006
BA, German Literature and English Literature, Seoul National University, 2004 Areas of Interest: Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Immigrant Literature, Translation Theory, Deconstruction, Diaspora, Cinema and Film Theory
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Liang, Pi-Ju
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University , 2013-present MA, Cinema Studies, New York University BA, Film Production, Shih Hsin University (Taiwan) Area of Interest: East Asian Cinema, National Cinema, Globalization and Transnationalism, Colonial and Postcolonial Theories.
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Mannir, Elizabeth |
PhD, Comparative Literature (ABD) MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook BA, English, University of Saint Francis Areas of Interest: North African literature and cinema; trauma studies; transnational feminist activism. |
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Martino, Briana
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2008-present BA, Clinical Psychology, Tufts University 2000 BA, Communications, New Media, Simmons College 2002 Areas of Interest: Feminist Cultural Studies, Queer & Disability Theory, Madness Studies, Transversality, Temporality, Institutional Analysis, Social Movements, Documentary. |
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Jonathan Macagba |
jonathan.macagba@stonybrook.edu PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2015 - Present MFA, Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art and Design, 2015 BA, Communication and Media, CUNY School of Professional Studies, 2014 Areas of interest: Visual culture, suburban material culture, history of photography, colonial and postcolonial photographies, globalization, landscape theory, space and place.
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Meissner, Josh |
PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2003-present MA, Methodologies, Trent University BA, English Literature and Cultural Studies, Trent University Areas of Interest: Psychoanalysis, rhetoric, late Antiquity, neoplatonism, Bergson, Nietzsche, Bataille, 19th-century American literature, Shakespeare. |
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Menon Divya |
PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2012-present MA, Visual Culture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010 BA, Art History, Smith College, 2006 Areas of interest: Modern literature, Memory, Melancholia, Frankfurt School Critical Theory. |
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Moura, Joana
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PhD, Comparative Literature, SUNY Stony Brook, 2008 - present MA, Comparative Literature, SUNY Stony Brook, 2011 BA, Germanic Languages and Literatures, King´s College, University of London, 2008 BA, Journalism, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 2002 Areas of Interest: German 20th-Century Literature, Translation Studies, Film Theory, Intertextuality and Authorship. |
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Mukherjee, Shruti
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shruti.mukherjee@stonybrook.edu PhD, Women's and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2014-present M.Phil, International Politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India,2011-13 M.A, Women Centered Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India, 2009-2011 B.A, Political Science (Honors), Lady Shri Ram College, India, 2006-2009 Areas of interest: gender and conflict, sexuality and gender identities, women's movement in India, reproductive and sexual health issues, feminist pedagogy of research and gender in international politics. |
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Nagase, Eva
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MA, Cultural Anthropology, Stony Brook University MA, Museum Studies, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta MA, Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University |
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Novitskaya, Alexandra
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alexandra.novitskaya@stonybrook.edu PhD, Women and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2014-present BA, MA, Social Philosophy, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, 2009 Areas of Interest: feminist and queer theory; gender in political science; international LGBT activism; gender and sexuality in Russia; history of women's movement in Russia; John Stuart Mill; nationalism; ideologies and propaganda. |
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Paruolo, Sarah
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2008-present MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2012 Graduate Certificate in Women's & Gender Studies, 2012 BA, English, Bates College, 2005 Areas of Interest: US & Caribbean Latina/o Literatures and Cultural Productions, Female Subjectivities, Latinidad, Queer of Color Critique, Bodies/Embodiments,Urban Spaces & Places, Decoloniality, and Feminist Pedagogies. |
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Pingree, Mark
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PhD Comparative Literature, Stony Brook 2014-present MSc Philosophy, London School of Economics 2009 BA Philosophy, University of Utah 2007 Areas of interest: Critical theory, philosophy of science, intersection of philosophy and literature, continental philosophy, ecocriticism, psychoanalysis, Russian and Soviet literature, emancipatory politics, speculative realism/object oriented ontology.
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Pinion, Kenneth
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2015-Present MA, English-Film Studies, North Carolina State University, 2015 BA, English, Minor: Film Studies, Armstrong State University, 2013 Areas of Interest: Film Studies; Queer Media Cultures; New Queer Cinema; AIDS Activist Media; AIDS Cinema; Queer Historiography; Gay Pornography; Porn Studies; Moving Image and Media Archaeology; Theories and Notions of the "Archive"; and Feminist Film Theory. |
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Rosner, Marley
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Ph.D Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2013-present M.A. American Studies,California State University, Fullerton B.A. American Studies, California State University, Long Beach Areas of Interest: Sound studies, cultural studies of media distribution and technology, history of recording and playback devices, critical theory, collective memory, expressive culture, philosophy of art and technology |
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Schaefer, Joy
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011 - present MA, French Studies, NYU, 2010 BA, English and French, Aquinas College, 2005 Areas of Interest: French, Spanish and British cinemas, North African/French crossings, (post)colonial and feminist theories, collective memory, politically engaged theories of affect and emotion.
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Schmermund,Elizabeth
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elizabeth.schmermund@stonybrook.edu PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2012 -present BA, English Literature and Creative Writing, Hofstra University (Honors College) MFA, Fiction Writing, The New School Areas of interest: Arabic Literature, Islam and Representations of Islam in The US, French Post-Colonial Studies, Critical Theory, Women's Studies and Feminist Theory. |
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Silverstein, Kathryn
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2013–present BA, Film Studies, Muhlenberg College, 2011 Areas of Interest: narrative theory, post-structuralism, liminality, reception and media theory, film and television studies, gender and sexuality, the construction and representation of the crime scene as a queer space, fandom studies, bad queers, embodiment and consumption, Jewish identity. |
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Smith-Casanueva, Brent
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present MA, Communication, University of Central Florida, 2006 MA, Cultural Studies, University of New Mexico, 2011 Areas of Interest: Marxist, Postcolonial and Queer Theory; Science Fiction and Fantasy Television and Film; Continental Philosophy and Social Theory; History of Media Technologies; Globalization and Transnationalisms; Punk Rock Subcultures; New Media and Social Movements. |
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Staats, Hans
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PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2008-present MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2008 BA, Film Studies, Brooklyn College/CUNY, 2004 Areas of interest: film theory and history, modern and contemporary Anglo-American literature, American Studies, Italian and Italian American cinema, cultural criminology, Affect (Cultural Theory) and Genre Studies. |
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Strang, Brent
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present MA, Film Studies, University of British Columbia, 2010 BA, Film Studies, University of Alberta, 2007 Areas of Interest: masculinities in american cinema/television, visual literacy and remediation in videogames & machinima, the gendering of objects & spaces, biomediation/technologized vision & subjectification, and expanded apparatus theory. |
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Sung, Rita
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PhD, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2007-present MA, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2010 MA, English and American Language and Literature, National Central University, Taiwan BA, English Language and Literature, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan Areas of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Film Studies, Modernity and Globalization Studies, Cultural Citizenship, Comparative Modern Japanese and Chinese Literature, Outlaw couple films in the 1960s and 1990s! (MA Thesis). |
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Tsai, Beth
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2010 - present BA, English, National Central University (Taiwan) MA, Film Studies, SUNY at Buffalo MFA,Media Study, SUNY at Buffalo Areas of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Cinema As Cultural Translation, Psychoanalysis, Reflexivity In Film. |
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Umut, Melis
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2013-present MA, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design, Sabanci University, Istanbul , Turkey BA, Social and Political Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey Areas of interest: Turkish, Eastern European, and Middle Eastern Cinemas, Masculinity Studies, Art Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Psychoanalysis.
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Varino, Sofia
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Ph.D. Cultural Studies 2010-present Dissertation Title: "Vital Differences: Indeterminacy & the Biomedical Body" MA Theater Studies, City University of New York BA Writing, Middlesex University, London UK Research interests: gender & science; history & theory of biology & biomedicine; feminist science studies; feminist materialisms; environmental studies; aesthetics Graduate Certificate: Art & Philosophy (2013) Website: sofiavarino.com
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Simone West
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2013–present MA, Rhetoric and Writing, Michigan State University, 2013 BA, English, Kent State University, 2010 Areas of Interest: The Spatial Humanities, Experimental and Non-representational Geographies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Feminist and Queer Theory, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory and Practice.
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Emily Whearty
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MA, Women’s and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, 2015 to Present
BA Women's and Gender Studies, Psychology, Stony Brook University, 2013
Areas of Interest: feminist philosophy, phenomenology, gendered violence, disability studies, elder abuse.
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Yu, Claire Dan-ju
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PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present MA, Comparative Literature, UC Riverside, 2005-2007 Areas of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Colonial And Postcolonial Theories.
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