People - Graduate Students & TAs

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Jennie Baker

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
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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Olivia Bell

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
bello@uw.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3 PM & Wednesdays 12-1PM
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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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
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Madeleine Hearn

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Student
mhearn@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00 pm -2:00 pm or by appointment
Savery 417
20th Century, 21st Century, American Literature, Comparative Literature, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ocean/Blue Humanities, Popular Culture, Postmodern, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
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Zoha Kazemi

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
zk82@uw.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11 to 12
SAV 417
Creative Writing, Culture, Cybernetics, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Solar Punk, Speculative Fiction, Utopia

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

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: Mon 10:30-12:30
SAV417
21st Century, Gender, Literature, 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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K.C. Smith

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
ksmith59@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 9:30am - 10:30am; or by appointment
Padelford B-25
African American, Children's Literature, Creative Writing, Nonfiction Prose, Novel/Prose Fiction, Science Fiction, Sexuality, Women Writers
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Remy Sumida-Tate

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rstate@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 11AM–12PM (Spring 2025)
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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