Cheers to Successful PhD Candidates

Between March and May, nine PhD candidates successfully defended their dissertations. Congratulations to Tai Coleman, Renee DeLong, Will Kanyusik, Eun Joo Kim, Chris Larkin, Heather McNeff, John Pistelli, Adam Schrag, Maurits van Bever Donker, and Jewon Woo!

Pistelli Defense

On Friday, May 3, Doctoral candidate John Pistelli will defend his dissertation "Modernism's Critique du Coeur: The Novelist as Critic, 1885-1925," as directed by Dr. Lois Cucullu. All are welcome for the public portion of the defense from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in Lind Hall 207A.

Cohen Dissertation Defense

PhD candidate Sara Cohen will be defending her dissertation, "Medical Screening" at 2 pm on Friday, May 13 in the Wright Room. All are welcome to the public portion of the defense.

Hengen Dissertation Defense

PhD candidate Nicholas Hengen will be defending his dissertation "Texts as Tactics: How People Practice Politics with Books" at 8 am on Tuesday, May 24 in Lind 207A. All are welcome to the public portion of the defense.

Cox Dissertation Defense

PhD candidate Ryan J. Cox will be defending his dissertation, "Premonition of a Future Line We Will Be Writing: Politics, Language and Identity in English Canadian Experimental Poetry" at 1 pm on Thursday, May 12, in Lind 204. All are welcome to the public portion of the defense.

Weaver Dissertation Defense

PhD candidate Becky Weaver will be defending her dissertation, "The Urgency of Community: The Suturing of Poetic Ideology During the Early Years of the Loft and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics," on April 25, at 2:45 pm, in Lind Hall 216. All are welcome to the public portion of the defense.