People - Graduate Students & TAs

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
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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
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Joey Birdsong

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

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
abbych@uw.edu
Office Hours: T TH 1:30-2:30
Padelford B025 (Creative Writing Suite)
Creative Writing, Decolonial, Diaspora Studies, Disability, Nonfiction Prose, Postcolonial, Psychology, Queer Studies
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Anne Duncan

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
aduncan1@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday 11-12 (office), 3-4 (St. Bread Cafe)
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
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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
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African American, Creative Writing, Ecocriticism, Environment, Indigenous, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Queer Studies, Urban Studies
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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

Karina Jones

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
kljon25@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00-3:00 PM
Padelford B25
African American, Creative Writing, Gender, Magic, Queer Studies, Religious Studies
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Zoha Kazemi

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
zk82@uw.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 4-5
PDL B5-K
Creative Writing, Culture, Cybernetics, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Solar Punk, Speculative Fiction, Transhumanism, Utopia
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Reginald Kent

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
regkent@uw.edu
Office Hours: M: 830am-1030am
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

Alexus Mendoza

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

Hannah Messinger

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
hmess@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2-4pm
Padelford B25
Art History, Creative Writing, Education, English, Poetry and Poetics
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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

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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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

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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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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Jack Wolfram

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
jwolfra@uw.edu
Office Hours: W/F 1-2PM or by appointment
PDL B5N
Abolition, Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Disability, Pedagogy, Performance Studies, Playwriting, Publics/Public Spheres, Rhetoric and Composition, Temporalities
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Natalie Wong

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