Alumni Fellows and Interns

Kaushik Ramu is a PhD candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Brooke Stanley earned their Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania. They work on postcolonial ecocriticism and contemporary fiction, particularly southern African.

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Steve Vásquez Dolph earned a doctorate in literary studies from the Hispanic & Portuguese Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania in April, 2017. His research look

Carolyn Fornoff earned her Ph.D. in Spanish & Portuguese with her dissertation,Species Sadness: Sex, Politics and Nonhuman Creativity in Latin America.

Ayla Fudala (C'16) is interested in combining her two passions, writing and the environment.

Shams Haidari (C’16) was a Political Science and History double major, interested in Middle Eastern governance, energy production, and energy trade.

Jess Holler is a Ph.D. student in English Literature at Penn, and a MA student in Folk Studies, Public Sector-track, at Western Kentucky University.

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Patricia Eunji Kim is Ph.D. Candidate in the History of Art department, where she specializes in Greek and Hellenistic art and archaeology.

Ruben Post is a Ancient History graduate student. He is interested in the connections between climate, ecology, economics, and society in the ancient Greek world.

Aviva Rosen (C'18) was a Communications major and Creative Writing minor from Philadelphia.

Kasey Toomey earned a Masters candidate in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. His visual practice ranges from sculptural and installation work to public space design.

Fatima Zahra is in the Ph.D. program at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and is a research associate for the International Literacy Institute at Penn.