Caitlin Phillips

Caitlin graduated summa cum laude from Drew University, double majoring in English and

Environmental Studies & Sustainability. Her undergraduate work helped fuel her passion for 19th Century literature and themes of nature, the Gothic, and Romanticism. One of her favorite classes was an independent study she crafted to learn more about the Language of Flowers across time and culture. Her environmental capstone included a discussion of agriculture's influence on the honeybee population decline. The English major capstone resulted in her essay of authors' various uses of nature to express societal values and fears of the time. She worked at a number of places in her college town, including the local museum, as a research assistant, and in the municipal building, where she helped write the recycling grant for the town for three years, as well as directed the nearby nature camp. Her favorite activities include photography, baking, hiking, finding even more plants to fit on her windowsill, and over-enthusing about symbolism in movies. Caitlin's favorite books are the complete collection of Calvin & Hobbes and, more academically, Dracula.