Ibtisam M. Abujad
Degree: PhD
Prior Degree: MA, UWM 2016
Interests: Arab and Arab American Fiction, Contemporary Transnational Fiction, American Muslim Literature, Gender/ Women’s Studies, World Literature, Poetics of Childhood, Motherhood Studies, Memory Studies, Narrative Theory, Islamic Feminism
Teaching Experience: Arabic Literature in English Translation: The Modern Arabic Novel (currently taught at Marquette University); currently Instructor of Arabic Language and Literature at Marquette University
Norah Alsuhaibani
Degree: PhD
Prior Degrees: BA, King Saud University 2010, Saudi Arabia; MA, DePaul University 2016, Chicago, IL
Interests: 18th-century British literature, utopian literature, classical and cultural theory, Arabic novels, and poetry.
Suchismita Banerjee
Degree: PhD
Interests: postcolonial theory, literature, and film, transnational feminism, theories of labor, and diasporic literature
Michael Beebe
Degree: PhD
Prior Degrees: BS Syracuse University 2006 (Television Radio & Film); MA New York University 2010 (Irish & Irish-American Studies)
Interests: Irish studies, literary modernism, modernization/modernity, cultural studies, political philosophy, biopower/biopolitics, postcolonial studies
Teaching Experience: ENG 215: Intro to English Studies; ENG 227: Irish Modernism; ENG 306: Survey of Irish Literature
Kayla M. Blodgett
Degree: MA
Prior Degree: BS in Secondary Education in English from Northern Michigan University in 2013
Interests: postcolonial studies, feminist theory, critical race theory, American Lit, religion/spirituality
Teaching Experience: Currently teaching high school English while studying at UWM
Andy Freeburg
Degree: MA
Prior Degrees: BS Secondary Education, English and Speech Communications-UW La Crosse, 1997 and MA Education-Viterbo University, 2007
Interests: modern poetry, Tennessee Williams, Yusef Komunyakaa, fables, 80s Brat Pack literature, formalism
Related Activities/Experience: Teaching high school English
Thad Furman
Degree: PhD
Interests: 19th Century Victorian Literature, Postcolonial Theory and Literature, Ecology, and Queer Theory
Conference Presentations: Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC). UWM Feb. 20th – 21st. Theme: Unbearable. Paper presented: “War, Gore, and the Unbearable: Attack on Titan’s Brutality.”
Teaching Experience: English 215, Spring 2017
Kyle T. Henrichs
Degree: PhD
Interests: Contemporary American Literature, Ecocriticism, Narratology
Teaching Experience: English 21
Emily Jones
Degree: MA
Prior Degree: BA, English, Hamline University
Interests: Women’s studies, feminist literary theory, queer theory, cultural studies
Sarah Beth Kiliman
Degree: MA
Interests: Contemporary Irish fiction, postcolonial studies, narrative theory, folklore studies, myth in contemporary fiction, video game studies, science fiction
Yousuf Mamoon
Degree: MA
Prior Degree: Double BA in English and Comparative Literature from UWM
Interests: Postcolonial theory, transnationalism, critical race theory, the Pakistani-Indian Partition
Shanae Aurora Martinez
Degree: PhD w/ Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate
Interests: Indigenous American Literatures, Social Justice Narratives, Decolonial Praxis, Transnationalism, Trans-Indigenous Resistance, Feminist Alliances, Tourism
Teaching Experience: English/American Indian Studies 276: Introduction to American Indian Literature: Transnational and Inter-Tribal Perspectives, UWM, Fall 2014 and Fall 2015
English/American Indian Studies 276: Introduction to American Indian Literature: History, Literature, & Sovereignty of Wisconsin Tribes, UWM, Spring 2015
English 215: Introduction to English Studies, UWM, Spring 2014
Service
Vice President, AFT-CIO Local 3535, The Association of University of Wisconsin Professionals (TAUWP), UWM, July 2016-Present
Peer Reviewer, Feral Feminisms, 2013-Present
GPC Student Representative, Graduate Policy Committee, Department of English, UWM, Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Managing Editor, cream city review, Fall 2012-Spring 2014
Kacee Mariah McKinney
Degree: MA
Interests: Motherhood studies, postmodern literature, feminist studies from the latter half of the twentieth century
Sarah O’Connell
Degree: PhD
Interests: British Modernism, Disability Studies, Irish Studies, Feminism, Crip Theory, Critical Race Theory
Teaching Experience: 215: Intro to English Studies; English 150: Multicultural America
Michiaki Ogura
Degree: PhD
Interests: 19th c. American literature, male friendship, intimacy, queer theory
Matt Schneider
Degree: PhD
Prior Degree: MA-English/Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University, 2006
Interests: Twentieth-century American literature; science fiction; modern literary theory; utopian studies; prophecy; historiography; cinema; game studies; creative writing
Teaching Experience: Graduate Teaching Assistant, UW-Milwaukee, 2014-present – English 215 – Introduction to English Studies
Nicole Solakiewicz
Degree: MA
Interests: 20th and 21st-century American literature, women’s literature
Alison Sperling
Degree: PhD
Prior Degree: MA from San Francisco State University
Interests: 20th-century American modernism, eco-criticism, feminist materialisms, queer theory, disability studies, nonhuman theories, theories of temporality, plant and animal studies
Teaching Experience: English 215, LGBT 200, WGS 20
Veronica Toth
Degree: MA
Interests: Victorian literature, Victorian feminist studies, American transcendentalism, creative nonfiction