People - Graduate Students & TAs

August Adent

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
aadent@uw.edu
Office Hours: M 12-2pm or by appointment
ART 353
Genre Theory, Publics/Public Spheres, Rhetorical Theory, Space/Place, Technical and Professional Communication, Writing in the Disciplines
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Hamza Ahmad

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
hahmadw@uw.edu
Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Decolonial, Digital Literacy, Film/Cinema, Rhetoric and Composition, Translingualism, Writing Pedagogy
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Frank Amofa Sarpong

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
fas01@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30pm - 2:30 pm. Thursday 10:30am-11:30am via Zoom
SAV 417
Artificial Intelligence in Academic Writing, Digital Literacy, Discourse Analysis, Genre Theory, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Genre Theory, Writing Knowledge Transfer, Writing Pedagogy
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Taiko Aoki-Marcial

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
taikoa@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tues 10am-12pm
Padelford B-31
Applied Linguistics, Decolonial, Digital Humanities, English, Language Pedagogy, Literacy, Multilingualism, Public Scholarship, Second Language Acquisition, Translingualism
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Andres Ayala-Patlan

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
andres13@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays: 1:00-3:00pm (virtual: https://washington.zoom.us/j/8841097853) & by appointment
PDL B12
Chicana/o, Critical Theory, Culture, Decolonial, Environment, Experimental, Genre Theory, Indigenous, Philosophy, Poetry and Poetics

Kimmie Bacon

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
kdbacon@uw.edu
Office Hours: TTH 10:30-11:30 and W 2-3 (Zoom) by appointment
PDL B24
Critical Theory, Diaspora Studies, Disability, Genre Theory, Global Studies, Performance Studies, Publics/Public Spheres, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Transnational
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Jennie Baker

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Liaison, UW in the High School
jenba@uw.edu
Office Hours: On leave
PDL B404
21st Century, Decolonial, Disability, Pedagogy, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology, Science Fiction

Ana Paula Barreto

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
anapb@uw.edu
Language Pedagogy, Multilingualism, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition

Janet Barrow

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
jsb2024@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30 pm
Padelford B25
21st Century, Creative Writing, Latin American, Literature, Multilingualism, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction

Noah Baum

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
nbaum99@uw.edu
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Em Beckert

Graduate Student
ebb15@uw.edu / 312-6187015
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00 -2:00pm
PDL B25
Creative Writing, Education, Environment, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Interdisciplinary Writing, Literacy, Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Queer Studies
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Olivia Bell

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
bello@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 1-2PM & Thursdays 3-4PM
Padelford B25 (Creative writing suite)
Creative Writing, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Genealogy, History, Literature and Religion, Novel/Prose Fiction, Science Fiction, Women Writers

Willa Best-Doyle

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
willabd@uw.edu
Office Hours: W F 10:30-11:30 am
Padelford B25
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Siddharth Bhogra

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
bhogras@uw.edu
Office Hours: T/Th, 2:30 – 3:30 PM
PDL B5F
20th Century, Computational Humanities, Empire, Form and Infrastructure, Postcolonial
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Joey Birdsong

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
joeybird@uw.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 1-3pm
Padelford B25
Creative Writing, Drama, Gender, Literature, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Queer Studies, Sexuality, Shakespeare
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Braden Bomgaars

Graduate Student
Predoctoral instructor
bradenlb@uw.edu
Office Hours: M & W 3:30- 4:20 PM: Savery Building Suite 417; Zoom by Request
20th Century, 21st Century, Critical Theory, Diaspora Studies, Environment, Indigenous, Political Science, Postcolonial, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. Social Movements

Jin Chang

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jsc0509@uw.edu
Office Hours: Th 1-3 pm (virtually)
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Cadaxa Chapman Ball

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Assistant Director, English 109/110
cadaxa@uw.edu
Office Hours: M 11:00am-1:00pm, T 10:00am-11:30am & 1:30pm-3:00pm
PDL B35
Affect, Critical Theory, Decolonial, Environment, Language, Postcolonial, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Space/Place, Writing Pedagogy
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Micaela Chavez

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
mchav@uw.edu
Office Hours: TTh 12:45-1:45 PM
PDL B5-B
19th Century, British, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Media Studies, Novel/Prose Fiction, Sexuality, Trauma
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Abby Cheng

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
abbych@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 9:30-10:30
Padelford B025 (Creative Writing Suite)
Creative Writing, Decolonial, Diaspora Studies, Disability, Nonfiction Prose, Postcolonial, Psychology, Queer Studies
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Sylvia Chowdhury

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
sylvianc@uw.edu
Office Hours: Th 8:30-10:30am
Applied Linguistics, Autoethnography, Diaspora Studies, Discourse Analysis, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Mobility, Narrative Analysis, Performance Studies, Sociolinguistics, Transnational

Kelly Clemen

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Student
kclemen@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 1-3
PDL B-26
20th Century, 21st Century, African American, American, American Indian/Native American, Culture, Decolonial, Film/Cinema, Literature, Media Studies

Taylan Comart

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
tcomart@uw.edu
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Binh Dang

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
binhdang@uw.edu
Office Hours: M&W 12-1pm or by appointment
PDL B5A
Archives, Counter narratives, Critical Theory, Decolonial, Intellectual History, Philosophy, Poetry and Poetics, Postcolonial, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory

Elio Darling

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
samull19@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 12-1p
SAV 417
American Indian/Native American, Community, Decolonial, Language Policy, War and Terror
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Vecksle Drake

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
vecksle@uw.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2026 - Zoom on Fridays 2 - 4pm
Padelford B12
Anthropology, Global English, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Anne Duncan

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
aduncan1@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30-12:30
PDL B5-C (Padelford B wing, PL level, room B5C)
21st Century, Aesthetics, Affect, American, Book Arts, Creative Writing, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Genre Theory, History, Poetry and Poetics, Race and Ethnicity

Sloan Emrick

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
sle07@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday 11:30-12:30-Zoom
21st Century, New Media, Novel/Prose Fiction, Trans Studies

Kathleen Escarcha

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Anglophone Filipino Literature, Archives, Asian American, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Diaspora Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Transpacific
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Joshua Fagan

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
jafagan@uw.edu / 719-309-8172
Office Hours: Monday 8:00-10:00 AM
Padelford B5-A or Zoom
19th Century, Aesthetics, American, Asian American, British, Children's Literature, Ecocriticism, Film/Cinema, Novel/Prose Fiction, Science and Technology

Juliana Ferreira

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jfbm@uw.edu
Office Hours: Contact instructor for hours and location

Scott Fikse

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
sfikse@uw.edu
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Sean Fortenberry

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
seanfor@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-2PM on Zoom and by Appointment
Padelford B25
20th Century, 21st Century, Aesthetics, Anglo-Irish, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Disability, Ecocriticism, Indigenous, Poetry and Poetics, Posthumanism, the Anthropocene
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Rasheena Fountain

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
rfount@uw.edu
Zoom
African American, Creative Writing, Ecocriticism, Environment, Indigenous, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Queer Studies, Urban Studies
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Angel Garduno

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
agardu@uw.edu
Office Hours: W 10:00am - 12:00pm (Zoom)
ART 353
20th Century, 21st Century, Chicanx, Culture, Film/Cinema, Gender, Latinx Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Visual Culture
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MiSun Garrison

Graduate Student
misungb@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 3:30pm-4:30pm or by appointment
Disability, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Pedagogy, Research Methods, Rhetoric and Composition, Translingualism, Writing Center Studies, Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration

Hong Ge

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
timge@uw.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment
Contact Instructor
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Magda Gianola

Graduate Student
mgianola@uw.edu
Applied Linguistics, Technology, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Missy González-Garduño

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
mimgonz@uw.edu
Office Hours: WF 1:20-2:20pm
PDL B-26
21st Century, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Latino/a Studies, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, woman of color feminism

Radha Goodala

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
radhag@uw.edu

Jack Grace

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jrg306@uw.edu
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Reagan Green

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
reagankg@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 pm
20th Century, 21st Century, African American, Body Studies and Biopolitics, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Food Studies, Modernism, Women Writers
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Abygail Gutierrez

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Liaison, UW in the High School
abygailg@uw.edu
Office Hours: MF - 12:00 - 2:00p
Padelford (PDL) B404
Asian American, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Space/Place

Khyla Haddock

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
khylah@uw.edu
Office Hours: TTh 12:30-1:20
PDL B31

Maribeth Haglof

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
mbhaglof@uw.ed
Office Hours: Mon. 2 - 4 pm, or by appointment
Contact Instructor for location

Rachel Halvorsen

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
rchalvor@uw.edu
Office Hours: M 11:30-12:30, Th 2:30-3:30, and by appointment
PDL B10
Analytical Chemistry, Chemometrics, Gas Chromatography, History, Philosophy, Science and Technology
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Madeleine Hearn

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Student
mhearn@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mondays/Fridays 1:00 - 2:00 pm or by appointment
Padelford B5K
20th Century, 21st Century, American Literature, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ocean/Blue Humanities, Science Fiction
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Alex Henry

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
henryal@uw.edu
Office Hours: Padelford B22 (if not there, in the PWR Writing Center A-11): M 11:00a-2:00p, Tu 11:00a-12:00p, Th 10:00a-11:00a
PDL B12
17th Century, 18th Century, American Indian/Native American, Applied Linguistics, Decolonial, History of the English Language, Ideology, Language Policy, Linguistics
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Rory Hughes

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
hughesze@uw.edu
Office Hours: Fridays 9-11am on Zoom and by appointment
SAV 417
Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gothic, Horror, literature and folklore, Manuscript Studies, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Sexuality, Textual Studies, Transhistorical
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Nanya Jhingran

Graduate Student
nanyaj@uw.edu
20th Century, 21st Century, Creative Writing, Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Intellectual History, Law, Poetry and Poetics, Sexuality, Space/Place
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Yixuan Jiang

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
yixuanj@uw.edu
Office Hours: M/W 2:15-3:15 pm
PDL B5-E
18th Century, 19th Century, British, Creative Writing, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Novel/Prose Fiction, Postcolonial, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology

Sheng Kao

Graduate Student
shengkao@uw.edu
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Safiya Karmy-Jones

Graduate Student
karmys@uw.edu
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Zoha Kazemi

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
zk82@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 1-2
PDL B5-K
Creative Writing, Culture, Cybernetics, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Solar Punk, Speculative Fiction, Transhumanism, Utopia
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Marlee Kelly

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
mmk63@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday/ Wednesday 11:00am-12:00pm
PDL B5M
American Indian/Native American, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Indigenous, Literature, Race and Ethnicity
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Reginald Kent

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
regkent@uw.edu
Office Hours: F: 11am-1pm
PDL B30 (Office hours on Zoom, sign up sheet: https://tinyurl.com/Kent-Office-Hours)
Affect, Creative Writing, Global Asias, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Singapore Studies

Mya Pwint Khaing

Graduate Student
Predoctoral instructor
mkhain@uw.edu
Language Pedagogy, Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Furkan Sevket Kir

Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
furkan@uw.edu
A-11-A
Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English Medium Instruction, Language Pedagogy, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Race and Ethnicity, Sociolinguistics, Sociology of Education, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
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Callen Koester

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
callenk@uw.edu
Office Hours: Friday 9:00am-11:00am https://washington.zoom.us/j/93876015383
PDL B-25
Poetry and Poetics
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Kaitlyn Kretsinger-Dunham

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
kaitkret@uw.edu / 661-428-4472
Office Hours: WF 11:00-12:00
Padelford Hall B5J
20th Century, 21st Century, American, Disability, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Medical Humanities, Queer Studies, Reproductive Sterilization, Temporality
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Mwinkuma Kuunapor

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
dkuuna@uw.edu
Office Hours: T/TH 11am - 12pm, in-office or by zoom (https://washington.zoom.us/j/7989630285)
Padelford Hall B-5M
Cognitive Science, Communication, Dialects, Digital Humanities, Discourse Analysis, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Interdisciplinary Writing, Language, Linguistics, Research Methods, Sociolinguistics, Speech Recognition

Ishita Lahiri

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
il25@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW: 12:30-1:30 PM
Padelford B-12
Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Indofuturism, Literary Criticism, Popular Culture, Postcolonial, Science Fiction

Hira Devi Lama

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
hlama@uw.edu
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Amelia Lehosit

Graduate Student
alehosit@uw.edu
Office Hours: M/W 12:30-1:30 and by appointment
Padelford B5-E
Affect, Children's Literature, Digital Humanities, Fairy tales, Medieval, Middle English, Old English, Poetry and Poetics, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation
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Natalie Lu

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
nshih95@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 11AM- 1PM or by appointment
PDL-B 5D
19th Century, 20th Century, Aesthetics, British, Textual Studies

Mathilde Magga

Graduate Student
maggams@uw.edu

Michelle Magnero

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
mmagnero@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 12:30- 1:30
PDL B12
African American, Decolonial, Global Studies, Latin American, Multilingualism, Popular Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Television, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Writing Pedagogy
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Huzaifa Malik

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
huzaifam@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00PM-2:00PM; Thursday 1:00PM-2:00PM
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Sara Manlowe

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
sara11@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:20 or by appointment
Padelford B407
Alchemy, Medical Literature, Medieval, Middle English, Old English, Riddles, Scientific Humanities

Francheska Marzuki

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
fmarzuki@uw.edu
Office Hours: M/W 2:30-3:30 PM
SAV 417
20th Century, 21st Century, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, reproductive cultures and politics, Science Fiction, Sexuality

Jaden McGinty

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jadenmcg@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays: 12-3 PM, Wednesdays: 3-5 PM
PDL B25

Cole McMullen

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
cdm45@uw.edu
Office Hours: T 9:30-11:30 AM
PDL 407

Alexus Mendoza

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
alexum@uw.edu
Creative Writing, Poetry and Poetics

Hannah Mendro

Graduate Students
Predoctoral Instructors
hsmendro@uw.edu

Hannah Messinger

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
hmess@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1pm-3pm
Padelford B25
Art History, Creative Writing, Education, English, Poetry and Poetics
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Sikose Mjali

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Student
Liaison, UW in the High School
smjali@uw.edu
Office Hours: T 9:30 - 11:30 AM
PDL UWHS
African, Critical Race Theory, Discourse Analysis, Ideology, Language Policy, Linguistics, Media Studies, Multilingualism, Rhetoric and Composition, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Clement Munene

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
cmunene@uw.edu / 2066093077
Office Hours: WEDNESDAY 2:00 PM - 4:00PM
SAV 417
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Ariana Munoz

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
amunoz03@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 1.00PM - 3.00PM
Zoom/PDL B12
Bilingualism, English, Film/Cinema, Game Studies, Media Studies, Multilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Mia Nelson

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
mmia3@uw.edu
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John Odudele

Graduate Student
Predoctoral instructor
jaodu@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 9-10
SAV 417
Critical Applied Linguistics, Diaspora Studies, Discourse Analysis, Global English, Race in English language teaching, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Sena Nur Ozkan

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
ozkan@uw.edu
Contact instructor for office hours and location

Brianna Patane

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
bdavis36@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 11:30-12:30
PDL B417
Gender, Medieval, Middle English, Old English, Sexuality

Julia Pavlick

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jpav@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tues 1-2pm (In-Person); Weds 3-4pm (Zoom)
SAV 417
Access and Inclusion, Cognitive Science, Disability, Expository Writing, Genre Theory, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration
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Lillian Pettigrew

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
pettigr@uw.edu
Office Hours: W 9-11 AM on Zoom, in person by appointment
20th Century, American, British, Gender, Modernism, Sexuality
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Molly Porter

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
mep430@uw.edu
Office Hours: M 1-2 (in PDL B5B), W 4:20-5:20 (In Loew 113)
PDL 5-5B
19th Century, 20th Century, Aesthetics, American, American Indian/Native American, British, Decolonial, Digital Humanities, Ecocriticism, Modernism, Religion and Literature
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Elyanah Posner

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
posnere@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mondays, 10 am - 12pm
Padelford B10

Sanjit Pradhananga

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
sanjitp@uw.edu
B-5-M
Culture, Decolonial, Global English, Indigenous, Postcolonial, Translation and Interpretation
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Rhianna Prine

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rprine@uw.edu
Office Hours: T: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PDL B5P
Affect, Creative Writing, Embodiment, Linguistic Justice, Pedagogy, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Translingualism

Alex Rienerth

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
alexrien@uw.edu
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Ethan Robinson

Graduate Student
egrobin@uw.edu
Education, Film/Cinema, Ideology, Language, Poetry and Poetics, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Alex Romero

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
abr321@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 1:30-2:30
PDL B5-P
21st Century, Asian American, Culture, Decolonial, Food Studies, Labor, Literature, Popular Culture, Postcolonial, Visual Culture

Max Rothschild

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
rothsmax@uw.edu
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Suravi Roy

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rsuravi@uw.edu
Office Hours: TH 1 - 3 PM
SAV 417
Decolonial, Language, Language Pedagogy, Popular Culture, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Katelyn Schlefke

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
kschle36@uw.edu

Ariel Sepulveda

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
arielsep@uw.edu
20th Century, 21st Century, Critical Race Theory, Latino/a Studies, Novel/Prose Fiction, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science Fiction
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Tristan Sheridan

Graduate Student
tmhs@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wed 12:30-2:30
Padelford B34
Gender, Literary Criticism, Novel/Prose Fiction, Science Fiction, Sexuality

Christina (Ting-Ting) Shiea

Graduate Student
cshiea@uw.edu
Aesthetics, Aquariums, Blue Humanities, Ecocriticism, Environment, Oceanic, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, Space/Place, Urban Studies, Visual Culture
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Kexin Song

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
kexins61@uw.edu
19th Century, British, Ecocriticism, Empire and Colonialism, Extinction Studies, Literature and Science, Natural History, Posthumanism

Elena Steiert

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
esteiert@uw.edu
Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Gender, Novel/Prose Fiction, Translation and Interpretation
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Remy Sumida-Tate

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rstate@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 1PM–2PM (Winter 2026)
Padelford B5D
Digital Humanities, Game Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science Fiction
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Lily Swanson

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
lil72@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 2:00pm-3:00pm
PDL B-25, Creative Writing Suite
Creative Writing, Critical Marxism, Literacy, Popular Culture, Postmodernism, Science Fiction
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Melissa Texidor

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric
mtexid@uw.edu
Office Hours: M/W 12pm-2pm
PDL B-22
Bilingualism, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Latino/a Studies, Multilingualism, Pedagogy, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory
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Lily Tun

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
liltun@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11- 1
Padelford B - 34
Anthropology, Archaeology, Comparative Literature, Global Medieval Literature, Indigenous, Linguistics, Magic, Medieval, Old English, Old French, Seafaring

Paramita Vadhahong

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
parahong@uw.edu
Padelford B-25
Archives, Asian American, Creative Writing, Digital Humanities, Multilingualism, Poetry and Poetics, Space/Place, Translation and Interpretation
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Eric Villiers

Graduate Student
evillier@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:00am-1:00pm, or by appointment
HUT 301
Drama, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Museum Studies, Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Sexuality, Visual Culture
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Sarah Wheeler

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
swheel91@uw.edu
PDL B-25
Creative Writing, English, Literature, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Poetry and Poetics
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Nikita Willeford Kastrinos

Graduate Student
nikitaw@uw.edu
18th Century, 19th Century, Book Arts, Book History, Ecology, Form, Literature, Media Studies, Novel/Prose Fiction, Print Culture, Textual Studies
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Jacob Wilson

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jw328@uw.edu
PDL A-11A
Critical Theory, Economics, Far-Right Political Ecology, History, Philosophy, Public Scholarship, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory
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Jack Wolfram

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jwolfra@uw.edu
Office Hours: M/W 12:30-1:30PM (in-person and online)
PDL B5N
Abolition, Archives, Community, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Disability, Pedagogy, Performance Studies, Playwriting, Rhetoric and Composition, Temporalities
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Natalie Wong

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
wongnata@uw.edu
Office Hours: T 1:30pm - 2:30pm, Th 3:00pm - 4:00pm
PDL B25
Aesthetics, Creative Writing, Film/Cinema, Literary Criticism, Multilingualism, Novel/Prose Fiction
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Carter Yee

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
cyee7@uw.edu
Asian American, Poetry and Poetics, Queer Studies
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Junyi Zhou

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jyizhou@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30 - 12:30 PM, and virtually by appointment
SAV 417
20th Century, Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing, Comparative Literature, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Modernism, Transnational, Visual Culture

Anqi Zu

Graduate Student
zaq@uw.edu
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