Jamie Wojtal

Jamie Wojtal is excited to start haunting the halls of a new campus this autumn. they graduated from Kenyon College in 2018 with a BA in English. While there, they studied Black-American literature and literatures of trauma. Ultimately, they wrote their honors thesis about several novels by author Samuel R. Delany. They also worked for the Kenyon Review as a Student Associate and a Residential Advisor in the Young Writers Program.
After graduating from Kenyon, Jamie moved to Philadelphia and worked as a Teaching Associate at Greene Street Friends School. They hope to apply the lessons they learned teaching sixth graders to working in higher education.
At Villanova, Jamie hopes to continue studying speculative fictions, literature about Blackness and race, queer literature, and literature about violence and trauma. They also hope to explore other interests, including 90’s anime and manga, visual aesthetics in contemporary horror cinema, and the cultures of internet sub-communities.
When they are not studying, Jamie volunteers at William Way LGBT Community Center as a peer counselor and sings with Philharmonia, a choral group in Philadelphia. They also enjoy hiking, birdwatching, and analyzing music videos.