People - Graduate Students & TAs

Name

Field of Interest

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Jennie Baker

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor
Liaison, UW in the High School

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

Olivia Bell

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

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

Madeleine Hearn

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Student

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

Zoha Kazemi

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 1-2

PDL B5-K

Creative Writing, Culture, Cybernetics, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Solar Punk, Speculative Fiction, Transhumanism, Utopia

Ishita Lahiri

Graduate Student
Predoctoral Instructor

Office Hours: MW: 12:30-1:30 PM

Padelford B-12

Critical Race Theory, Critical Theory, Indofuturism, Literary Criticism, Popular Culture, Postcolonial, Science Fiction

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

Tristan Sheridan

Graduate Student

Office Hours: Wed 12:30-2:30

Padelford B34

Gender, Literary Criticism, Novel/Prose Fiction, Science Fiction, Sexuality

Christina (Ting-Ting) Shiea

Graduate Student

Aesthetics, Aquariums, Blue Humanities, Ecocriticism, Environment, Oceanic, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, Space/Place, Urban Studies, Visual Culture

Remy Sumida-Tate

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

Office Hours: MW 1PM–2PM (Winter 2026)

Padelford B5D

Digital Humanities, Game Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Science Fiction

Lily Swanson

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor

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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