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
Meredith Andalis
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Texas A&M University
Area of Study: rhetoric and composition, digital humanities
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, 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
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, the gothic, themes of embodiment, and women and gender studies
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 nineteenth century literature, British women writers
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, genre fiction
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. lit, creative writing
Su Marasali
M.A. student
B.A. in Western Languages and Literature from Bogazici University
Area of Study: poetry, women's writings and romanticism
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: Theatre and performance studies, environmental literature, queer studies
August Rickard
Ph.D. student
B.A. in English from Webster University and M.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of Study: early modern British literature, trans theory, queer theory, book history
Dominic Robin
Ph.D. candidate
M.A. in English from University of North Florida; B.A. in English from College of the Ozarks
Area of Study: medical humanities, bioethics, philosophy of technology, American literature, disability studies
Jenova Roetto
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of Study: contemporary fiction, fantasy, femininity, and speculative fiction
Alex Rubi
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Saint Louis University
Area of Study: contemporary Asian American literature, postcolonialism
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
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 & gender studies, 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, the contemporary novel
Savannah Warners
Ph.D. student
B.S. in biology and B.A. in English from Alma College. M.A .in English from Saint Louis University
Area of Study: contemporary American literature focusing on ecocriticism (specifically the fungal) and gender studies
Kwan Willhoft
M.A. student
B.A. in English from Webster University
Area of Study: modern/contemporary literature, YA/young adult literature, genre studies, form and space