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Daun Fields

Ph.D. Student

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Ph.D. student, English
B.A. English, Indiana University, 2020

I am currently researching influences of 19th c. Victorian spiritual practices on post-punk musicians, the role of fantasy in U.S. punk cultures, and the use of goddess imagery in Alice Walker’s womanism.

Courses taught: World Literature 17th c-Present; Technical Communication; Rhetoric and Research; Writing for Engineers

Publications:

“Tulip Poplars.” Mid-Atlantic Review, vol. 30, 2022.
Review of Dancing After TEN, by Vivian Chong, ImageTexT, 2022.

Awards:

National Humanities Center Graduate Summer Residency: Meaningful Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Classroom
UF Chief Diversity Officer’s Grant

Fields of Study:

  • Victorian spiritual narratives
  • Womanism
  • post-punk cultures
  • communal care theory

Contact:

UF email: dj.fields@ufl.edu