The UF English Department has many graduate students in the MA, MFA, and PhD programs. Below are listings for graduate students who have submitted descriptions. This list is not comprehensive. To submit your description, see our submission page.

Ph.D. Candidates

  • J. Stephen Addcox
    Victorian Literature and Law, Memory and Testimony
    stevexoc@ufl.edu

    Karyn Anderson
    Post-Colonial and American Literature
    karynanderson@ufl.edu

    Agnel Banon
    African-American Literature, Post-Colonial Theory
    abanon3@ufl.edu

    Heather Bigley
    Film Studies, Globalization, Religious Studies, Post-Colonialism, Women's Studies, Classic Hollywood
    hkbigley@ufl.edu

    Robin Brooks
    African-American and Africana Literature
    rbrooks@ufl.edu

    Ramona Caponegro
    Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture
    ramonac@ufl.edu

    Mauro Carassai
    American Literature and Digital Media
    mcarassai@ufl.edu

    P. Martin Codner
    Caribbean and African-diaspora Literary/Cultural Studies and Theoretics
    codnerpaul@ufl.edu

    Kristin Denslow
    Early Modern, Film and Media
    kdenslow@ufl.edu

    Tamar Ditzian
    Film and Media Studies, Monster Literature, Monster Comics, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Affect
    tamar@ufl.edu

    Elizabeth Dixon
    Film, 20th Century, Pop Culture
    edixon@ufl.edu

    Jordan J. Dominy
    Literature of the U.S. South and Modernism/Late-Modernism
    jjdominy@ufl.edu

    Renee N. Dowbnia
    American Literature, Gender Studies, Women's Literature, Ecofeminism
    rdowbnia@ufl.edu

    Sara Dustin
    Film and Cultural Studies
    shd3978@ufl.edu

    Lauren N. Glenn
    Film Studies, Cultural Memory and War, Theory
    laurenglenn@ufl.edu

    Yeonhuan Kang
    20th Century American Literature and Cultural Studies, Globalization
    yhkang21@ufl.edu

    Aaron Kashtan
    Comics and Visual Rhetoric, Media Studies
    akashtan@ufl.edu

    Cari Keebaugh
    Children's and Young Adult Literature, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Literature, American Literature
    cari84@ufl.edu

    Patrick McGowan
    Mid-Late 20th Century American Literature, Cultural Studies, Literary Theory
    pmcgowan@ufl.edu

    Kadesh Minter
    Romanticism, British Literature, Women's Literature
    u2kadesh@ufl.edu

    Arun Kumar Pokhrel
    20th Century British Literature, Globalization and Post-Colonial Literature and Theory
    apokhrel@ufl.edu

    Allison Rittmayer
    Film Studies
    arittmayer@ufl.edu

    Brittany Roberts
    Victorian Literature, Sensation, Short Fiction
    brittanyroberts@ufl.edu

    Horacio Sierra
    Early Modern/Renaissance Literature and Culture
    hsierra@ufl.edu

    Erich G. Simmers
    Postcolonial Studies and War Culture
    esimmers@ufl.edu

    Matthew J. Snyder
    Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Critical Theory, and Psychoanalysis
    msnyder@ufl.edu

    Mark A. Tabone
    Critical Theory, Multicultural Literatures, Utopian Studies
    mtabone@ufl.edu

    Elise Takehana
    Media Studies, Critical Theory, 20th and 21st Century Literature
    takehana@ufl.edu

    Christina Van Houten
    American Literature, Modernism, Gender
    cvanhou@ufl.edu

    • M.A. Candidates

  • Jackie Amorim
    Victorian Literature, Post-Colonial Literature (Latin America), Gender and Race Studies
    jamorim@ufl.edu

    Thomas G. Cole, II
    Cultural Studies, Issues of Utopia, German Literature, Gender Studies
    thomas.cole@ufl.edu

    Rebekah Fitzsimmons
    Children's Literature, Cultural Studies
    rfitz@ufl.com

    Steven LeMieux
    Critical Theory, Composition Theory, Posthumanism
    s.j.lemieux@ufl.edu

    Michele LeSure
    19th century American Literature, Utopian Studies, Critical Theory
    mlesure@ufl.edu

    Mitchell Margolis
    Early Modern Drama, Epic Poetry
    mitchmar@ufl.edu

    Samantha Plasencia
    Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Theory, Victorian Literature
    SamPlasencia@aol.com

    Dave Rodriguez
    Film Studies and Production, Experimental Film, Russian Literature
    daverodriguez@ufl.edu

    Chad Sims
    Film and Digital Media
    chadsims@ufl.edu

    Kayley Thomas
    Media and Popular Culture
    kjthomas@ufl.edu

    • M.F.A. Candidates

  • David Fishman
    Poetry
    dave@ufl.edu

    Rachel McGahey
    Poetry
    rmcgahey@ufl.edu