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: On leave
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 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

Madeleine Hearn

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Student
mhearn@uw.edu
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
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Zoha Kazemi

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
zk82@uw.edu
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
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

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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Tristan Sheridan

Graduate Student
tmhs@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wed 12:30-2:30
Padelford B34
Gender, Literary Criticism, Novel/Prose Fiction, 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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Remy Sumida-Tate

Graduate Student
Pre-doctoral Instructor
rstate@uw.edu
Office Hours: MW 1PM–2PM (Winter 2026)
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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