People - Graduate Students & TAs | Department of English

Hamza Ahmad

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Decolonial, Digital Literacy, Film/Cinema, Rhetoric and Composition, Translingualism, Writing Pedagogy

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Olive Brend

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

ombrend@uw.edu

Office Hours: Monday 6-7 pm (Zoom); Tuesday 10am-12noon (PDL B25)

PDL B25

Animal Studies, Creative Writing, Critical Animal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Ecocriticism, Environment, Gender, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Space/Place, Trans Studies

Cadaxa Chapman Ball

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Assistant Director, English 109/110

cadaxa@uw.edu

Office Hours: TTH 11:30-12:30

PDL B12

Affect, Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Decolonial, Environment, Postcolonial, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory, Space/Place, Writing Pedagogy

Abhivyakti (Avu) Chaturvedi

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

achatur@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mon/Wed 10:30am-12:00pm

PDL 5BF

African, Asian American, Caribbean, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Decolonial, Film/Cinema, Modernism, Postcolonial, Transatlantic

Kathleen Escarcha

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

Anglophone Filipino Literature, Archives, Asian American, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Diaspora Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Transpacific

Reagan Green

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

reagankg@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Body Studies and Biopolitics, Critical Race Theory, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Food Studies, Modernism, Postmodern, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Women Writers

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Abygail Gutierrez

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Liaison, UW in the High School

abygailg@uw.edu

Asian American, Critical Race Theory, Decolonial, Environment, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory

Jianfeng He

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

jfhe@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

PDL B12

20th Century, 21st Century, African American, Asian American, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, Science Fiction

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

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Natalie Lu

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

nshih95@uw.edu

Office Hours: M&W 9AM-10AM or by appointment

SAV 417

Critical Race Theory, Drama, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Literary Criticism, Queer Studies, Women Writers

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Sikose Mjali

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Student
Liaison, UW in the High School

smjali@uw.edu

Office Hours: F: 1:30-3:30

PDL UWHS

Critical Race Theory, Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Ideology, Language Policy, Linguistics, Media Studies, Multilingualism, Rhetoric and Composition, TESOL/Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Fatema Musazay

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

fsaber@uw.edu

Critical Race Theory, Diaspora Studies, Discourse Analysis, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Interdisciplinary Writing, Narrative Analysis, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Sociolinguistics

Barkley Ramsey

Graduate Student

bmramsey@uw.edu

19th Century, British, Critical Race Theory, Digital Humanities, Literature of Empire, Poetry and Poetics, Postcolonial, Race and Ethnicity, Religion and Literature, Transnational

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

Melissa Texidor

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
Assistant Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

mtexid@uw.edu

Office Hours: TTH 2-3 pm

SAV 417

Bilingualism, Critical Race Theory, Culture, Latino/a Studies, Multilingualism, Pedagogy, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Rhetoric and Composition, Rhetorical Theory