Faculty Fellows

Jeehyun Choi

Department of English

Jae Won Chung

Jae Won Edward Chung is an assistant professor of Korean literature in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

Chung's current monograph project explores the shifting meaning of the political in postmillennial South Korean literature under neoliberalism. His early reflections on the subject have appeared in his essays on authors Pyun Hye-young (Boston Review) and Yun I-hyeong (The Journal of Korean Studies). The book will also explore the interrelationship between literary authorship,...

Miguel Jiménez-Crespo

Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Director, MA and undergraduate certificate programs in Spanish <> English Translation and Interpreting.  Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo's research explores the intersections of translation studies theory, technological developments, and the digital world, with a particular emphasis on human-centered approaches. His current projects include editing the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of...

Ryan Kernan

Department of English

Jill North

Department of Philosophy

Jill North, Professor, Department of Philosophy  

Jill North works in the philosophy of physics and philosophy of science, with interests in metaphysics and philosophy of mathematics.  She has been especially interested in  exploring the mathematical formulations of physical theories, and the ways in which different formulations of a theory may differ in what they say about the nature of physical reality; in other words, the sense in which different formulations, even...

Jeffrey Ulrich

Department of Classics

Graduate Fellows

Mayrose C. Beatty

Department of English

Mayrose C. Beatty is a PhD candidate in the Department of English. Her dissertation focuses on nineteenth century British sensation fiction, tracing its links to ancient Greek tragedy.

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Arpita Biswas

Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Arpita Biswas is a PhD candidate at the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her research interests include studies of nationalism, aesthetic theory, and transnational feminism. Her dissertation focusses on "bodyscapes" / anthropomorphized and zoomorphic depictions of geobodies in South Asia. 

Vero Chai

Department of Comparative Literature

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Affiliated Fellows

Alisha Mays Borck

Alisha Mays (she/her) has a PhD in cultural anthropology from the University of Kentucky. Her research explores hunger, poverty, and charitable food economies. Alisha's work bridges ethnographic research and advocacy, illuminating the broader structures of inequality.