Graduate Students

Our graduate students come from the U.S. and from all across the world. In the links below you can find descriptions of our graduate students and their area(s) of interest, listed according to their year of entry to the program.

Akaltun, Evren

Evren Akaltun

evrenakaltun@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2007-present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2011
BA, English, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2000
Areas of interest: 20^th Century Turkish literature, transnational studies, World Literature, psychoanalysis, travel literature.

Barnhart, Ryan

rtbarnhart@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2007-present
BA, Comparative Literature, New York University
Areas of Interest: Postmodernism, rhetoric, religion, Hispanic studies, film.

Brock, Marcus

Marcus Brock

marcus.brock@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2009 - present
B.A. American Literature & Culture, Minor: Political Science, University of California Los Angeles 
M.C.M., Communication Management, University Of Southern California
Areas Of Interest: Race, Queer Theory, Film And Cinema Theory, Gender And Sexuality, Disadvantaged Youth, Arts Education, Gay Subculture, Harlem Renaissance, Post-Colonialism.

Burrows, Claire

Claire Burrows

aclaireburrows@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2006-present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2010
MA, Aesthetic Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
BA, Literary Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2003
Areas of interest: graphic narratives, autobiography, twentieth century fiction, holocaust studies, trauma narratives.

Cannarella, Elaine

ecannarella@aol.com

Chen, I-Ju Ruby

che nrubyiju@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2005 - present
BA, English, Tamkang University (Taiwan) 2001
Areas of Interest: late-19th century French Art, Literature and Criticism, Heterotopia, contemporary Chinese prose and poetry.

Choi, Ignacio

ignaciochoi2@gmail.com

Cipriani, Mária

maria.cipriani@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook 2009 - present
MSW, Fordham School of Social Service, 1999
BA, Fordham College, 1983
MA Fordham Grad. School of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Areas of Interest: Young Adult literature and Film, Gender Studies, Trauma studies, Archetypal psychology, Composition and Rhetoric.
Dissertation Title: Intersections of Gender Studies and Young Adult (YA) Literature: Beyond Binaries in Sexuality and Gender Roles.

Clinton, Greg

greg.clinton@stonybrook.edu

PhD Program, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2012 - present
MA, Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), 2005
BA, Philosophy, College of Wooster, 2001
Areas of Interest: Intersection of philosophy and literature, Education, Romanticism, Philosophy of Science, Intellectual History, Shakespeare.

Cunningham, Anne

Anne Cunningham

anne.c.cunningham@gmail.com

PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2009-present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University
MA, English University of Oklahoma
Areas of Interests: modernism, feminist theory, queer theory, whiteness studies, 20th century literature.

D’Amelio, Maria Elena

mariaelena.damelio@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook University, 2008- present
PhD, Film History, University of San Marino, 2008
Laurea, Italian Literature and Film Studies, Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 1997 Areas of Interest: Film theory and history, Italian cinema, Gender, National/Transnational, postwar European-American relations, Stardom studies.Dissertation Title: “Italian Cinema and Hollywood on the Tiber: Practices of Transatlantic Stardom 1949-1965”

Deger, Anne

acdeger@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, 2012 - present
B.A., Liberal Arts, St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
Areas of Interest: Media studies; internet and social media; history of science; media archaeology; digital communications.

Desmond, Theresa

Theresa Desmond

tmdesmond09@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2009- present
MS, Criminal Justice, Long Island University 2008
MA, English, Long Island University, 1990
MA, Spanish, SUNY Albany,1988
BA, SUNY Albany, 1985
Areas of Academic Interest: Modernism, feminism, post-colonial theory, literature and the law
Professional Interests: teaching composition, education opportunity programs, working with the under-represented students, creative writing.

Early, Danielle

Danielle Early

danielle.early@stonybrook.edu

M.A., Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011-present
B.A., Philosophy, Minor in Theology, Cedarville University, 2007-2011
Areas of interest: Hermeneutics of violence relative to transgressive literature, interdisciplinary narrative construction, post-structural philosophy, sexuality and popular romance literature.

Foley, Ashar

asharflo@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2005-present
BA, English, Otterbein College
Areas of Interest: Ethical criticism, the development of urban social spaces in the 19th and 20th centuries, continental philosophy.

Godwin, Dylan

Dylan Godwin

degodwin@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011-present
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia
M.A., English, University of California at Davis
Areas of interest: Poetry and poetics.

Green, Gregory

gregagreen@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011-present
B.A. St. John's College, Santa Fe
Areas of interests: International Genre Fiction, Theory Of Literature, Postwar Germany.

High, Michael

mhigh858@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2005 - present
MFA, Creative Writing Program, San Diego State University
Areas of Interest: Literature of the Middle East, Marxist theory, Deconstructionism, Global Warming.

Ho, Michelle

michelle.ho@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2012 - present
MAS, Information, Technology, and Society in Asia (ITASIA), University of Tokyo, 2012
BA (Hons), Literature in English, National University of Singapore, 2007
Areas of Interest: Japan, Film and Literary Theory, The Mass Media (Television), and Women And Gender.

Hole, Kristin

kristinhole@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2007-present 
MA, Women's Studies, York University, Toronto
BA, Women's Studies, University of British Columbia
Areas of Interest: Phenomenological and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Film, The Haptic in Aesthetic Experience.

Hong, Douglas

douglas.hong@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook 2012 - present
MA, English, UC Santa Barbara, 2008
BA, English, UC Berkeley, 2001
Areas of Interest: Technologies of Governance, Minority Culture, Urban Studies, Literature.

Jenkins, Maria

mariajenkins0@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2012-present
MA, Women’s and Gender Studies, Roosevelt University, 2010
BFA, Fine Arts, concentration in Painting, Kent State University, 2005
Areas of Interest: Visual Culture, Feminist Theory, Fashion, Marketing and Consumer Practices, Subculture, Authenticity and The Body.

Jordan, Blake

<jordanbl@seawolf.sonoma.edu>

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present
MA, English, Sonoma State University, 2011
BA, Comparative Literature, Colorado College, 1998
Researchinterests: Land and Human Relationships, Working-Class and Immigrant Stories, Colonial and Post-Colonial Studies, Visions of Post-Capitalism, Languages, Realism, Empathy.

Kondratyuk, Marta

mkondratyuk@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2008 - present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2006
MAT, English, Kiev State Linguistic University, Ukraine, 1997
Areas of Interest: Russian Poetry of Silver Age, Post-Soviet Literature and Film, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Formalism, Witches in Literature and Film, Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching.
Dissertation Title: “The Inner Witch: Channeling and Containing Femininist".

Lee, Sookil

sookil@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2002-present
MA, English Literature, Seoul University
BA, English Literature, Hong Ik University
Areas of Interest: Cultural Studies, Asian Pop Culture, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese Cinemas.

Ma, Lunpeng

malunpeng@hotmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2006-present
BA, Cultural Administration, ShanghaiJiaotong University  
MA, Theory of Arts and Literature, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Areas of Interest: Modern Chinese Studies, Popular Culture, Film Studies and LiteraryTheory, Cultural Policy and Cultural Analysis.

Mannir, Elizabeth

elizabethmannir@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature (ABD)
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook
BA, English, University of Saint Francis
Areas of Interest: North African literature and cinema; trauma studies; transnational feminist activism.

Martino, Briana

martinobri@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2008-present
BA, Clinical Psychology, Tufts University  2000
BA, Communications, New Media, Simmons College 2002
Areas of Interest: Feminist Cultural Studies, Queer & Disability Theory, Madness Studies, Transversality, Temporality, Institutional Analysis, Social Movements, Documentary.

Meissner, Josh

frankiestrictly@yahoo.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2003-present
MA, Methodologies, Trent University
BA, English Literature and Cultural Studies, Trent University Areas of Interest: Psychoanalysis, rhetoric, late Antiquity, neoplatonism, Bergson, Nietzsche, Bataille, 19th-century American literature, Shakespeare.

Menon Divya

divya.menon@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2012-present
MA, Visual Culture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010
BA, Art History, Smith College, 2006
Areas of interest: Modern literature, Memory, Melancholia, Frankfurt School Critical Theory.

Moura, Joana

joana.moura@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, SUNY Stony Brook, 2008 - present
MA, Comparative Literature, SUNY Stony Brook, 2011
BA, Germanic Languages and Literatures, King´s College, University of London, 2008
BA, Journalism, Emerson College, Boston, MA, 2002
Areas of Interest: German 20th-Century Literature, Translation Studies, Film Theory, Intertextuality and Authorship.
Dissertation Title: Mistranslation and the Mis-uses of a Literary Tradition.

Nagase Eva

enagase@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies 2007- Current
MA, Cultural Anthropology, Stony Brook University
MA, Museum Studies, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta
MA, Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University

Nooney, Laine

laine.nooney@gmail.com www.lainenooney.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2008-present
Women's and Gender Studies Certificate
MA, English, Cultural Studies, Kansas State University, 2006
BFA, VisualCommunication Design, University of Dayton, 2004
Areas of Interest: Media Archaeology, Critical Materialism, Queer And
Feminist Studies, Social Media And Internet Culture, Game Studies, And Visual Culture.
Dissertation Title: “Cabinets: A Feminist Media Archaeology of the Personal Computer and Domestic Space"

Paruolo, Sarah

sarahparuolo@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2008-present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook University, 2012
Graduate Certificate in Women's & Gender Studies, 2012
BA, English, Bates College, 2005
Areas of Interest: US & Caribbean Latina/o Literatures and Cultural Productions, Female Subjectivities, Latinidad, Queer of Color Critique, Bodies/Embodiments,Urban Spaces & Places, Decoloniality, and Feminist Pedagogies.

Sanning, Monica

mbsanning@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2002 - present
BA, International and Comparative Political Studies, Hamilton College.
Areas of Interest: Spanish and Irish literatures.

Schaefer, Joy

joy.schaefer@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2011 - present
MA, French Studies, NYU, 2010
BA, English and French, Aquinas College, 2005

Areas of Interest: Film Theory and History; French Society; Gender and Sexuality; Feminist Theory; Cultural Studies; Relations Between Social Movements, Philosophy, Literature, Art and Cinema.

Schmermund,Elizabeth

elizabeth.schmermund@stonybrook.edu

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2012 -present

BA, English Literature and Creative Writing, Hofstra University (Honors College)
MFA, Fiction Writing, The New School
Areas of interest: Arabic Literature, Islam and Representations of Islam in The US, French Post-Colonial Studies, Critical Theory, Women's Studies and Feminist Theory.

Smith-Casanueva, Brent

Bsmith888@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present
MA, Communication, University of Central Florida, 2006
MA, Cultural Studies, University of New Mexico, 2011
Areas of Interest: Marxist, Postcolonial and Queer Theory; Science Fiction and Fantasy Television and Film; Continental Philosophy and Social Theory; History of Media Technologies; Globalization and Transnationalisms; Punk Rock Subcultures; New Media and Social Movements.

Springer, Sean

smspring@ic.sunysb.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2008 - present
MA, Communication & Culture, York University and Ryerson University (Canada) 2004
BAA, Radio & Television Arts, Ryerson University (Canada) 2002
BA, Mathematics and Philosophy, Queen's University (Canada) 2000
Area of Interest: Stand-up comedy, performance, Hollywood film, intertextuality.
Dissertation Title: "The Filth and the Filthier: Plumbing the Depths of Controversial Stand-up Comedy"

Staats, Hans

hstaats@gmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2008-present
MA, Comparative Literature, Stony Brook, 2008
BA, Film Studies, Brooklyn College/CUNY, 2004
Areas of interest: Anglo-American literature and film, American studies, cinema and media studies, narratives of criminality, cinema and the primitive, affect theory, and genre studies.

Strang, Brent

bstrang@ic.sunysb.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present
BA, Film Studies, University of Alberta, 2007
MA, Film Studies, University of British Columbia, 2010
Areas of Interest: masculine subject formation in American film and television, emerging adulthood, visual literacy/media ecology in sandbox videogames and machinima.

Sung, Rita

I-Te Rita Sung

sungite@hotmail.com

PhD, Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2007-present
MA, Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2010
MA, English and American Language and Literature, National Central University, Taiwan
BA, English Language and Literature, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan
Areas of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Film Studies, Modernity and Globalization Studies, Cultural Citizenship, Comparative Modern Japanese and Chinese Literature, Outlaw couple films in the 1960s and 1990s! (MA Thesis)

Tsai, Beth

Beth Tsai

pbtsai@ic.sunysb.edu

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2010 - present
BA, English, National Central University (Taiwan) 
MA, Film Studies, SUNY at Buffalo  
MFA,Media Study, SUNY at Buffalo

Areas of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Cinema As Cultural Translation, Psychoanalysis, Reflexivity In Film

Varino, Sofia

Sofia Varino

sofia.varino@stonybrook.edu

Website: www.thelivingmachine.com

MA Theater Studies, City University of New York

BA Writing, Middlesex University, London UK

Areas of Interest: Science and medical studies, continental philosophy, political theory, sexuality studies, feminist cultural studies, aesthetics

Yen Tzu-ling

janis780122@hotmail.com

Yu, Claire Dan-ju

Claire Yu

hohoclaire@gmail.com

PhD, Cultural Studies, Stony Brook, 2011- present
MA, Comparative Literature, UC Riverside, 2005-2007
Area of Interest: East Asian Cinema, Colonial And Postcolonial Theories.

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Department

Brooke Belisle, a 2013 New Faculty Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies will join the department next year. "Click here for more info"

Vivien Hartog Award Recipients Announced

Congratulations to Alexis Chartschlaa and Laura James, winners of the 2013 Vivien Hartog Travel Award.

New MA/PhD in Women's and Gender Studies

The Department is pleased to announce that the new MA/PhD program in Women's and Gender Studies has received official certification.

Faculty

E.K. Tan published a peer-reviewed journal article, 華語語系研究：海外華人與離散華人研究之反思 [Sinophone Studies: Rethinking Overseas Chinese Studies and Chinese Diaspora Studies] in 中國現代文學 [Journal of Modern Chinese Literature (Taiwan)] 22 (Winter 2012): 41-58; and an essay, “Transcending Multiracialism: Kuo Pao Kun’s Multilingual Play Mama Looking for Her Cat and the Concept of Open Culture” in Sinophone Studies: A Critical Reader, edited by Shu-mei Shih, Brian Bernards and Chien-hsin Tsai (Columbia University Press 2013).
Robert Harvey gave a lecture entitled "Partage informe: Foucault's Transgression" at a philosophy & literature symposium at Brown University on April 5.

Jackie Reich will be speaking at the Italian Cultural Institute in NYC on Thursday, April 25 and at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY on May 4.

Ray Guins is a co-organizer of the History of Games conference in Montreal, June 21-23: http://www.history-of-games.com/

E.K. Tan's new book, "Rethinking Chineseness: Translational Sinophone Identities in the Nanyang Literary World" was published with Cambria Press in January.

Students

Sarah Paruolo, gave a paper at ACLA 2013 in Toronto titled "Shadows of Trujillo:Oscar Wao and the Haunting of a People."

Marcus Brock, was admitted into the 2013 Cornell School of Criticism and Theory, was invited to moderate the VIP screening and reception for the filmPortrait of Jason, and will give a talk at the Stony Brook LGBTA Spring Retreat.

Celina Hung, has accepted the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in Literature at NYU-Shanghai. She will be stationed in Shanghai with affiliation with the Comparative Literature Department in the NYU Manhattan campus.

Laine Nooney, has received a Distinguished Travel Award from the Grad School and GSO, a Faculty-Staff Dissertation Fellowship Award, and was selected for the Provost's Lecture Series.

Joana Moura has been awarded a doctoral grant (approximately $16,000 per annum) by the Foundation for Science and Technology at the Portuguese Ministry of Education and Science.

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