This page was created by Nonah Cagney Palmer. The last update was by David Squires.
Contributors
Jaleesa Harris is a first-year PhD student in Africana Literature and Theory at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and an English instructor at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Her research interests include the African diaspora and feminist theory.
Melanie R. Johnson is a first-year PhD student and graduate teaching assistant at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research interests include Southern literature and political and economic theory.
Lillian King is working on her M.A. in English with a concentration in Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is interested in the intersection of cultural identity and place and specifically studies amusement parks, roller coasters, and enthusiast legends and folklore.
Cait Marshall is currently a master’s student in English Literature at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Cait is the current Graduate Assistant of Women's Studies while she focuses her research on lesbian literature, women's studies, queer theory, reception, and looks at how the reception of queer texts change when adapted into film.
Meredith McKinnie is a first-year PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and an English instructor at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Her research interests include feminist theory, gender studies, and how those areas influence writing courses.
Nonah Cagney Palmer is a master’s student pursuing a degree in Creative Writing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research interests involve liminal spaces, the intersection of prose and poetry, flash fiction, and gaming culture.
Anne-Julia Price is currently working on an M.A. in English/Professional Writing, expected to graduate May 2020. Fluent in French, she is focused on bridging language, art, literature, film, music, and food with international relations and travel. Future goals include continuing work as a copywriter, editor, and translator, preferably in France.
Francisco Rodriguez is a first-time master’s student pursuing a degree in English with a concentration in Folklore at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has always been fascinated with folklore and plans to conduct further research on folk religion, magic, and how folk beliefs influence and express themselves in popular culture.
David Squires is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research investigates the cultural legacy shared by information science and modern media, while his teaching focuses on twentieth-century American literature and research methods.
Aleya Washington is currently a graduate student at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She is studying English with a focus on literature. Aleya is interested in studies of ethnic literature, Southern gothic literature, and folklore. She studies literature created by black women like Toni Morrison and the conversations about them.