People - Graduate Students & TAs

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Jennie Baker

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Liaison, UW in the High School
jenba@uw.edu
Office Hours: T 10:30-12 and by appointment
PDL B404
21st Century, Decolonial, Disability, Pedagogy, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology, Science 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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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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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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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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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
Rory Hughes

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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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
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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

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

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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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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Carter Yee

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