Current PhD Advisees



Lauren Bunce (English)
Dissertation: “Narrative Work: Social Reproduction, Management, and the Strategy of Refusal”

Paola Del Toro (English)
Dissertation: “American Monotone: Voice, Style, and Comedy in the Long Economic Downturn (1970-Present)”

Prospectus Stage:
Angela Cai; Khadeeja Farooqui; Lillian Quijano Johnson; Urvi Kumbhat; Fay Lin; Luna Eaton Sharon (School of Architecture)



Dissertations Advised & Placement


Becca N. Liu
Dissertation: Contract Spirit: Race, Labor, and Social Reproduction after the Coolie Trade (2023)

Placement: Assistant Professor of English, Brown University (2024); Assistant Professor of English, University of Maryland (2023)

Christopher Cañete Rodriguez Kelly
Dissertation (external member): From ‘Bundok’ to the Boondocks: Competing Realisms in the Philippine Vernacular and Anglophone Novel (2024)
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Society of Fellows, Columbia University (2024)