Dr. Jacob Meister 
who defended his dissertation titled
“Sanitizing Narratives: Urban Health in Nineteenth-Century European Fiction”
on Thursday, September 5, 2024
Faculty advisors: Professors Janet Beizer, Elaine Scarry, and William Mills Todd III
Dr. Michael O’Krent
who defended his dissertation titled
“The Parascientific Method: Thresholds of History in and beyond Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction”
on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Faculty advisors: Professors David Wang, Stephanie Burt, Mingwei Song, and Karen Thornber
Dr. Georgia Soares
who defended her dissertation titled
“Critical Educational Encounters: (Re)Writing Identity in Twentieth-Century Brazil and the U.S.” Thursday, May 8th 2025.
Faculty advisors: Professors Bruno Carvalho (Chair), Henry Gates, Alice Jardine, & Karen Thornber,
Congratulations to Dr. Georgia Soares!
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Faculty advisors: Professors Karen Thornber, Henry Gates, Alice Jardine, and Bruno Carvalho
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