ConnyCassity

  • CHA Dissertation Fellow AY 21-22
  • PhD Candidate
  • ENGLISH

Conny Cassity is a PhD candidate in English. Her dissertation, 鈥淟iving Intertextually: British Women鈥檚 Writing and Community Building,鈥澨齣nterweaves feminist theory, intertextual studies, and digital humanities to听argue that eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women writers theorized and formed collectives indirectly through quotations, archetypes of authorial personas, and biographical collections.听She has been published in听Eighteenth-Century Fiction听and听English Language Notes,听and her research has been featured on the听鈥淐U at the Libraries鈥澨齪odcast and the听Keats-Shelley Association of America鈥檚 website as part of the听鈥淭oward an Anti-Racist,听鈥楿ndisciplined' Romanticism鈥澨齭eries. She has received a Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, has served as a Lead Graduate Instructor, and was a Digital Pedagogy Grant recipient in the Division of Continuing Education. Conny has taught courses in the Department of English and in Continuing Education on women鈥檚 writing, British literature, and composition. She received her BA听from Chapman University and her MA from 兔子先生传媒文化作品.