Student Bios

Carolyn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Neumann University in 2018 with her BA in Education. She holds her teaching certification in General Education (PreK-4), Special Education (PreK-8), and English (7-12). After spending a year teaching 5th grade general education, she decided to take a year to travel and focus on receiving her Master's degree. Carolyn received her MA in TESOL from Birkbeck, University of London in 2020, and completed her thesis on the effects of emotions in the English as a Foreign Language classroom. Carolyn focused on her research under the supervision of Jean Marc Dewale, a notable researcher based in London.  In addition to her various studies, Carolyn teaches English Literature at the high school level and is looking forward to furthering her studies in the subject. She currently teaches Modernism, and focuses on the writings of various authors of the time , including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway. Carolyn's interests include

Jenna Kosnick graduated summa cum laude from Siena College with a Bachelor's of Arts in 2023.  On campus, she worked at the Siena College Research Institute, primarily conducting political interviews, along with holding a position with Siena's Center for Sustainability promoting environmental interests on campus.  Her research has focused primarily on issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual violence in Victorian and Early Modern texts.  For her thesis, she explored a new method of discussing rape in Tess of the D'Urbervilles based on interactions involving clothing in the text.  Her work has also appeared at the Capital District's Feminist Studies Consortium Conference, tracing the homoeroticism of violence in Beowulf .  At Villanova, she's looking forward to expanding her studies of gender and sexuality, particularly to non-canonical texts.  In her free time, she enjoys baking, horror movies, and bothering her cats.

Alexis Atwood graduated from Rowan University in 2023 with a BA in English and holds a certificate in American Sign Language. As an undergraduate, she was an active member of Avant , Rowan's literary magazine, and supported Doctor Zena Meadowsong as a research assistant in her exploration of the Mahabharata as it related to Dr. Meadowsong's project on the Indian Anglophone novelist Mulk Raj Anand. Alexis' academic interests include human rights, politics and law, critical theory, and poetry.   At Villanova, she plans to explore Central and South American poets & artists, literature, and revolutions through a critical and theoretical lens. As she works towards becoming a writer and independent researcher, she hopes to help influence positive social change through her writing and gain fluency in Spanish to further her studies. Alexis enjoys playing guitar, painting, writing poetry, and working on her blog in her free time.