Current MA Candidates

Kawther AbbasKawther Abbas

  • Concentration: Literature
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3265
  • 906-227-1898
  • kabbas@nmu.edu
  • Research interests: Native American Studies, African American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Ecocriticism, Shakespeare, Theatre and Film Studies, Comparative Studies, Trauma Theory, Speculative Fiction, Queer Studies.
  • Creative interests: short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, memoir 

Ruth Abbott (not pictured)

  • Concentration: Pedagogy/Literature
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3289
  • 906-227-2256
  • rabbott@nmu.edu
  • Research interests: American and British literature, Composition, Social Justice, Metacognition, and ESL

         

Jennie Baker (not pictured)

  • Concentration: Literature
  • jenbaker@nmu.edu
  • Research interests: Science fiction and ethnofuturism, postcolonial theory, young adult literature

Jacob Bonetti (not pictured)

Autumn CejerAutumn Cejer

  • Concentration: Writing
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3239
  • 906-227-1779
  • acejer@nmu.edu
  • Research and creative interests: Fantasy, creative nonfiction, feminist criticism, queer theory

Kristen CodyKristen Codey

  • Concentration: Writing
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3271
  • Research interests: Romantic poetry, psychoanalysis, ecocriticism
  • Creative interests: Script writing, experimental fiction, flash fiction

Maggie FinchMaggie Finch

  • Concentration: Writing
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3279
  • 906-227-1280
  • mfinch@nmu.edu
  • Creative Interests: Narrative and confessional poetry and creative nonfiction 
  • Research interests: Trauma theory, feminist theory, reader-response theory, American literature and poetry, and narrative scholarship

Jessica Halter (not pictured)

  • Concentration: Writing
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3271
  • 906-227-1044
  • jhalter@nmu.edu
  • Creative and research interests: speculative fiction, formal poetry, creative nonfiction, evolutionary psychology

Mallory JonesMallory Jones

  • Concentration: Literature/Pedagogy 
  • Teaching Assistant
  • 906-227-2725 
  • maljones@nmu.edu 
  • Research Interests: 19th-century American literature, feminist theory, and women's literature 

Tiffany StachnikTiffany Stachnik

  • Concentration: Pedagogy, certificate in TESOL
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Jamrich 3289
  • 906-227-2823
  • tstachni@nmu.edu
  • Research interests: English grammar and linguistics, second language acquisition, pedagogical theory and application