Graduate Students
Creative Writing
Charlene H. Caruthers she/her
Utopian and Dystopia Studies, Speculative Fiction, Black Literature and Cultural Studies, Gothic literary studies
Charlene H. Caruthers is a Fiction Writer from San Antonio, Texas. She obtained her BA in English from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2018, and a MFA in creative writing from Texas State University. Charlene has previously served as the associate fiction editor and creative nonfiction editor for Porter House Review and Defunkt literary magazine. Her book reviews can be found at Porter House Review and Rougarou Jorunal of Arts and Literature. Currently, Charlene is at work on her debut novel.
Publication links:
https://rougarou.org/2024/05/ray-levys-school-form-and-selfhood/
https://porterhousereview.org/?articles=on-motherhood-and-friendship-how...
https://porterhousereview.org/?articles=flashback-and-resilience-in-cher...
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Rebecca Dion she/her
Gothic studies, folklore
Rebecca Dion is a PhD fellow at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette studying Fiction. She has an MFA in creative writing from Florida State University. Her writing appears in Hard to Find, an Anthology of New Southern Gothic, published through Stephen F. Austin’s University Press, The Yalobusha Review, and The American Literary Review.
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Catelyn Errington she/her
Feminist Poetry, Southern Poetry, Hybrid & Electronic Poetry
Catelyn Errington is a poet from Hahnville, Louisiana. She earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts and her M.A. in English Literature from Northwestern State University of Louisiana in 2023. The critical portion of her thesis, "The Ghost, The Machine, or Something In-Between?: Understanding Construction of Identity in Contemporary Poetry Written by Women," examined poetry collections by Franny Choi, Olivia Gatwood, and Tracy K. Smith through the lenses of technical mediation, posthumanism, and women's writing to determine how the body affects the creation of poetry. The creative portion of Errington's thesis was a chapbook-length collection entitled "The Girl Fears She Will Live Long Enough to Regret Poetry." Currently, Catelyn is exploring hybrid and electronic forms of poetry and hopes to modernize literary depictions of the South while honoring her Creole upbringing along Louisiana's German Coast. Her poems can be found in Argus, Black Moon Magazine, Moss Puppy Magazine, and more.
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Hallie Fogarty she/they
Queer poets, contemporary poetic forms, women writers, feminist and queer theory
Hallie Fogarty is a poet, teacher, and artist from Kentucky. She received her MFA in poetry from Miami University, where she was awarded the 2024 Graduate Teaching Award and the 2024 Jordan-Goodman Graduate Award for Poetry. Her poetry has been published in Poetry South, Hoxie Gorge Review, The Lindenwood Review, and elsewhere. Her art has been published in Tulsa Review and Harpur Palate. Her debut chapbook CARAPACE is out now from And Then Publishing. She is currently the Art Editor and Social Media Manager for Obindo Magazine, and you can find her online: www.halliefogarty.com
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Allyssa Veney she/her
PhD Student, English - Creative Writing
MA Student, English - Literature & Culture
English GTA
University Fellow
Special interests: period piece fiction, confessional & lyric poetry, post-COVID pedagogy & praxis, Latin language studies, religion & spirituality, epistemology, human development, childhood trauma, metacognition, origins of critical theory
About myself: Louisiana native, LSU alumna (BA), left handed, eldest sister, Great British Bake Off watcher, alt/indie music listener
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Linguistics
Antora Abedin she/her
sociolinguistics, semantics, cross-cultural pragmatics
Antora Abedin is a PhD student in English (Linguistics) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where she also serves as a teaching assistant in the English Department. She holds an MA in Linguistics from the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, semantics and cross-cultural pragmatics. Antora’s work also engages with cultural scripts and the relationship between language, emotion and identity. In addition to linguistics, she maintains strong interdisciplinary interests in South Asian and American literature with a particular focus on African American literary traditions.
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Kayode Amusan he/him
Computational Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics; Corpus Stylistics; Text Analytics; Syntax; Cross-Linguistic and Multilingual Corpus Studies
Kayode Victor Amusan is a doctoral candidate and Instructor of Record in the Department of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics, building on his M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
His research centers on corpus linguistics, corpus stylistics, and text analytics, with a particular interest in syntactic analysis and cross-linguistic corpus domains. At present, he investigates the interplay between Yoruba and English in literary and linguistic corpora, exploring how multilingual expression encodes cultural identity and cognitive patterns. As an instructor and researcher, he is committed to advancing insights in applied linguistics and multilingual stylistic analysis.
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Meisam Khalilinejad he/him
Semantics, Discourse Analysis, Digital Humanities, TESOL
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Muhaiminul Islam Neon he/him
Second Language Writing, Testing and Assessment, Sociolinguistics
Muhaiminul Islam Neon is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in Linguistics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has published journal articles and presented at conferences on both English literature and English Language Teaching topics. He also writes fiction and has published poems, short stories, and, most proudly, a novel titled, Sociolinguistic Incompetence, which marries his love for linguistics and literature.
Book: Neon, M. I. (Aug. 6, 2023). Sociolinguistic Incompetence. Worthy Publications, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381402031_Sociolinguistic_Incom...
Journal Articles:
1) Neon, M. I., Bahar, H, B. (2023). How ELT Students Rank the Elements of the Existing and Ideal Writing Rubrics at the Tertiary Level, Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 3(1), 113-130.
2) Neon, M. I. (Feb. 8, 2024). Fluency as a Marker of Speaking Skills in Bangladesh: Blind Language Proficiency Evaluations, Bangladesh TESOL Journal, 1(1), 151-173. https://doi.org/10.69907/tbj.v1i1.66
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Nahida Akter Poly she/her
Nahida Akter Poly is a PhD student in English with a concentration in Linguistics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she also serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. She holds a master’s degree in English Language Teaching (ELT) from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, discourse analysis, multilingual identity, linguistic justice, linguistic variation in digital communication and technology in language education. She also works in the areas of Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) and rhetoric and composition as part of her broader academic scholarship. Before beginning her doctoral studies, she worked for four and a half years as a Senior Lecturer at Daffodil International University in Bangladesh. Her scholarship has appeared in reputable peer-reviewed journals, and she aims to contribute to the field through both teaching and research, with long-term plans to pursue a career as a professor of linguistics.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpub...
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1374038
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=aH...
Literature
Amoge Atama she/her
African American studies, Psychoanalysis, African literature, Feminism, Indigenous and Ethnic Literature
Amoge holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Jos and master’s degree in English Studies from the Nile University, Abuja in Nigeria, her home country. Her research works are “Satire in John Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel” and “Slavery and the Psychology of Violence in Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Richard Wright’s Native Son” respectively. Her doctoral dissertation would be on the Rhetoric of reincarnation as Black Indigeneity. She worked in the FAO-United Nations and the Embassy of South Korea as Administrative and Procurement officer, Consular Assistant, and as Protocol and Diplomatic Accreditations officer. In between, she founded her own African fabric arts and crafts production business while volunteering as a Literature teacher. At the wake of Covid-19, she started a folktale class for children and youths to curb restlessness and boredom. She is currently writing a fictional autobiography and works as a tutor in the Writing Lab.
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Sandy Brack she/her
Sandy Brack is a PhD candidate focusing on American literature and cognitive literary studies, with a broader background in rhetoric and contemporary rhetorical theory. Her work emphasizes interdisciplinarity, exploring how texts are produced, circulated, and experienced across individual, cultural, historical, and technological contexts. Sandy’s work, including a SUNY Press chapter on technical communication in the digital age, reflects her engagement with rhetorical practice, cognitive labor, and non-normative modes of reading, which inform her ongoing project on cognitive engagement with literary texts. She has taught introductory literature, writing, and creative writing courses in both university and community college settings. Her chapter "Marx in the Digital Age: The Critical Role of Tactical Technical Communication in Contemporary Humanism" appears in Tactical Approaches to Technical Communication.
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Farhin Faruque she/her
Post-colonial Literature, Diaspora Literature, African-American Literature, Cultural Studies
Farhin Faruque completed her BA and MA in English Literature from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. She is an Assistant Professor (on leave) at Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology, Saidpur, Bangladesh.
Farhin has published three articles in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals and attended four international conferences including South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) 2025 annual meeting.
Farhin likes travelling, cooking and going for long walks especially to Cypress Lake to say hi to the alligators!
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Evangeline Han she/her
Asian American literature, Foodways, Feminist Criticism
Evangeline Han is a third-year PhD student at UL Lafayette. She has a BA in English from Oklahoma Baptist University and a MA in English from the University of Nottingham. She received her Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing from UL Lafayette. Her interests include teaching literature and writing, wildlife conservation, and being mama to her two cats, Simba Bear and Ellie Bellie.
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Mariah Hopkins she/her
medieval studies, queer theory, Chaucer, folk tales
Mariah Hopkins is a PhD student studying literature. She graduated from the Mississippi University for Women with her Bachelor of Science, and her current research interests are early world literature and how dragons have been depicted throughout time, from medieval stories to modern YA fantasy and video games. In her free time, she enjoys playing video games, baking, and rewatching her favorite TV shows. She has published in Medusa: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist Philosophy.
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Nizam Hossain he/him
Spatial Criticism, Minority Discourse, Cosmopolitanism, Cultural Studies
Md Nizam Ul Hossain received his BA degree in English Literature as well as his MA degree in Literatures in English and Cultural Studies from Jahangirnagar University - Dhaka, Bangladesh. His research interests encompass spatial criticism, minority discourse, and cultural studies, with a particular focus on the intersections of cosmopolitanism and cyber criticism. He is keenly interested in the construction of power dynamics and identity within varying socio-economic landscapes. His scholarship often investigates the nuances of voice and resistance among marginalized communities, as well as the psychological impacts of economic systems on the human condition. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the International Journal of English and Comparative Literary Studies. His recent publications have explored diverse critical areas, ranging from the silencing and resistance of the Harijan people in Harishankar Joldash’s RamGolam and the construction of Muslim cosmopolitanism in rural Bangladesh, to critical readings of "capitalist Schizo-America" in the works of Kurt Vonnegut. Through these works, he contributes to a broader understanding of subalternity and contemporary cultural identity.
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Nodi Islam she/her
Ecocriticism, Horror, YA Literature, and Critical Animal Studies
Nodi Islam completed her B.A. in English, specializing in Literature, and M.A. in Literature(s) in English and Cultural Studies from Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. She started her teaching career as a lecturer at Southeast University, Bangladesh. Besides being an academic and researcher, she's also an animal lover who helps in the rescue and adoption of stray, injured, and abandoned cats and dogs.
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Dhwani Mehta she/her
Children's Literature, South Asian Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Memory Studies
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Mahek Pathak she/her
20th-century Indian and British Children’s Literature, Humor Studies, Cognitive Studies, Narrative Pedagogy
Mahek Chirag Pathak is a first-semester PhD student, originally from India. She holds an MA in English Literature from UL Lafayette and a BA (Hons.) in English from Pandit Deendayal Energy University, India. She has presented her research on children’s literature at conferences including the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Conference and the South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) Conference, with a focus on humor studies in children’s narratives. She aspires to contribute to children’s literature scholarship by highlighting how stories can facilitate learning and cognitive development in young children.
She has served on multiple departmental committees and is currently the Executive PR Officer of GSO. Her hobbies include voice-acting, reading, singing, and telling jokes to people who didn’t ask!
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Isuru Rathnayake he/him
Isuru Rathnayake’s research explores embodiment, sensory perception, and marginalized knowledges in literature, disability studies, and medical humanities, with particular attention to how these dynamics are represented across Global Anglophone literature in English. His work examines how bodies, perception, and knowledge are constructed and contested in literature and performance, and has been published with Routledge and Palgrave.
Prior to his doctoral studies, he taught as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and as an Instructor at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. He began his PhD at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2025, where he holds a University Graduate Fellowship.
In 2025, Dr. David Squires and Isuru Rathnayake were co-recipients of a Louisiana Impact Research Award (Round #4). His forthcoming chapter, Podcasting in a Time of Crisis: A (dis)ability perspective from Sri Lanka, will appear in the Palgrave Handbook of Humanities Podcasting, an innovative project combining written chapters with podcasts produced collaboratively with contributors.
Selected publications are available via Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q7FtLOAAAAAJ&hl=en
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Harun Rashid he/him
Mohammad Harun Or Rashid is a young researcher and translator. His research interests span a wide spectrum, ranging from translation studies to text analytics, and his articles have been published by different reputable publishers like Routledge, Elsevier, and Palgrave Macmillan. He is currently a PhD student in the English department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, with a concentration in literature.
ORCID: 0000-0003-4578-9220
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Allison Shaver she/her
Contemporary British and American Literature, Southern Studies, Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Speculative Fiction, Mythology and Legends, Media Studies
Allison Shaver is an English Ph.D. student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she is also pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing. Shaver is from Mansfield, Louisiana. Previously, she earned a B.A. in English with a Concentration in Writing in Multiple Media and minors in Spanish and international studies from Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS). Shaver also later received a M.A. in Liberal Arts from LSUS. Her thesis focused on representations of trauma in Southern children’s novels. During her Ph.D. studies, Shaver has taught freshman composition and headed the Marketing and Communications Committee for the Global Souths Conference. She has presented research papers at various places: LitCon, Conference for Young Adult Literature—Louisiana, Louisiana Studies Conference, as well as others. Beyond her academic work, Shaver also writes fiction and poetry.
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Aliyah Watkins she/her
Aliyah Watkins is a PhD student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, concentrating in literature and cultural studies. She earned a Master of Arts in English from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelor of Arts in English, with a double minor in Women & Gender Studies and Religion. As an Americanist, her scholarly interests focus on the postmodern and contemporary periods, with an emphasis on African American narratives, pop culture, women and gender studies, and their significant contributions to the broader canon of American literature. At UL, her goal is to make a meaningful contribution to academia through literary analysis that highlights critical issues within the African American community. With a focus on identity, power, representation, and overlapping systems of oppression in literature, she aims to emphasize the richness of the African American cultural and literary tradition.
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Aya Younes she/her
18th century British and Irish literatures, cognitive poetics, Arabic Medievalism and contemporary literatures
Aya Younes is a PhD student concentrating on literature and a Writing Lab instructor who springs from Alexandria, Egypt, a city embraced by the Mediterranean Sea and known for its wealth of history, art, and knowledge. In 2021, she graduated from the Faculty of Arts, English Department at Alexandria University, earning a second bachelor's degree after her first in Nursing. Following her teaching experience in middle school education, Aya joined UL Lafayette as a Fulbright Scholar and Teaching Assistant of the Arabic language and as a cultural ambassador in the year 2024-2025. Along with her academic interest in 18th century British and Irish literature and Arabic medievalism and contemporary literature, she participates in concerts and cultural events at UL, pursing her research in the cognitive effects of music and poetry on the human mind. Having roamed the lands of healthcare in one chapter of her life then dived into the depths of literature in another, Aya believes that adding the lens of cognitive science to literary studies provides us with more insights into human nature and encourages the appreciation of art.
Rhetoric and Composition
Md Arman he/him
Arman is a PhD student in English, focusing on Rhetoric and Composition Studies. Before beginning his PhD, he earned an MA in English (TESOL) from UL Lafayette. He also holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT, as well as a BA in English from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His interests include rhetoric, political rhetoric, first-year composition, and sociolinguistics.
He serves as a teaching assistant at UL Lafayette, teaching ENGLISH-101 (Introduction to Academic Writing) and ENGLISH-102 (Writing & Research about Culture). He is also serving as a technical editorial assistant for Research Issues in Contemporary Education (RICE). Additionally, he has been appointed as a tutor at the Writing Lab. Before attending UL Lafayette, Arman worked as an English-French interpreter at the United Nations and was deployed in the Central African Republic with the Bangladesh Army.
He is also interested in learning new languages. He speaks six languages: Bengali, English, French, Chinese, Hindi, and Urdu.
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Hossain Md. Arafat he/him
My interests center on how power shapes the way people understand events, ideas, and each other. I am particularly interested in political and media contexts, where narratives influence trust, authority, and public response. I also care about how these dynamics appear in the classroom, especially in how students adapt their writing and sense of identity across different situations.
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Kashfia Tonni she/her
Having more than nine years of teaching experience with undergrad I am here to pursue my second MA in Rhet-Comp. I believe I can explore more that will contribute to my learning. My research interests include pedagogy, approaches and methods of teaching, curriculum and sociolinguistics.
publications:
1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shoaib-Islam-5/publication/37960759...
2. https://www.ijamsr.com/issues/6_Volume%201_Issue%203/20180531_071559_8.pdf
3. https://doi.org/10.33329/IJELR.8.1.103
4. University Granted Research Project- Tech-Driven Collaboration: Boosting Speaking Proficiency in Engineering Education through Task-Based Learning in Bangladesh
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Nusrat Jahan she/her
Rhetoric and Technology, Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Science and Health
Nusrat Jahan is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition at UL Lafayette. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh, currently on study leave for her doctoral studies. Her research interests include Rhetoric and Technology, Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Science and Health, digital and social media discourse, and contemporary cultural studies.
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Safi Ullah he/him
Safi Ullah is pursuing a PhD in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include AI in Rhetoric and Composition, AI in Professional and Technical Writing, and Post-1945 American novels.
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, he teaches courses such as Technical Writing, Writing and Research about Culture, and Introduction to Academic Writing. He is ULearn-certified to teach online and hybrid courses at UL Lafayette. In addition to his academic work, he is a fiction writer and has authored one novel and two short story collections in Bengali.
Safi Ullah is also an Assistant Professor of English (on leave) at Netrokona University, Bangladesh, and has been teaching undergraduate students since 2017. He completed an MA in English Literature and a BA in English at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Selected Publications:
https://www.jcsll.gta.org.uk/index.php/home/article/view/355
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1371992.pdf
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Mithila Mumtaz she/her
Feminist Rhetorics, Writing Pedagogy, Digital and Cultural Rhetoric, Writing Program Administration, Translingualism, Translanguaging
Mithila Mumtaz is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Composition. Her interests include feminist and gender focused rhetorics, writing pedagogy, digital and cultural rhetorics, translingualism, and Writing Program Administration. She is especially curious about how power and language shape students’ writing lives across classrooms, writing centers, and program level structures. Her work is drawn to the everyday practice of teaching and administration, including assignment design, feedback, tutoring talk, curriculum planning, and digital composing, as sites where access, belonging, and rhetorical agency are negotiated. When she is not reading or writing about pedagogy, she is usually collecting sentences and questions that might turn into the next good classroom conversation.
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Mahmudul Hassan he/him
Mahmudul Hassan earned a B.A. in English from the University of Chittagong and an M.A. in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His research interests include first-year writing, composition pedagogy, professional writing, political rhetoric, L2 writing, and second language acquisition.
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Nuzhat Tarannum she/her
Nuzhat Tarannum is a Ph.D. student in English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She holds a master’s degree in TESOL, and her research interests include Feminist rhetoric, Composition studies, Translanguaging, Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, and pedagogy. She has professional experience as a university teaching assistant, ESL educator, and strategic planner in the nonprofit sector.
TESOL
Showrav Chowdhury he/him
Technology in Language Learning/Teaching, Second Language Acquisition, Computational Linguistics
Showrav Chowdhury is an M.A. student in English (TESOL) at UL, Lafayette, where his academic focus lies at the intersection of technology and language learning. His research interests include AI in language teaching and learning, Computational Linguistics, NLP, and Second Language Acquisition. Showrav is a highly dedicated and hardworking individual, consistently striving for excellence and approaching every task with determination, focus and a strong commitment to growth.
Originally from Bangladesh, Showrav completed his bachelor’s degree in English at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). Beyond academia, Showrav is also known for his work as a street photographer. His work captures everyday human experiences with striking authenticity, earning him multiple national and international awards. He is known for blending artistic vision with cultural insight, often drawing connections between language, identity, and visual storytelling. Showrav continues to develop as both a researcher and an artist, committed to contributing meaningful work across disciplines.
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Swarna Chowdhury she/her
Swarna Chowdhury is a recent graduate of the MA in English (TESOL concentration) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Bangladesh and has experience teaching English as a Second Language in secondary and tertiary educational settings. During her graduate studies at UL, she served as a Graduate Assistant in the Intensive English Program, where she taught Grammar and Writing to multilingual learners and developed instructional materials and assessments.
Her academic interests include TESOL pedagogy, sociolinguistics, semantics, and cross-cultural communication. Her master’s thesis, Decoding Rajakar: A Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) Analysis of its Meaning and Sociopolitical Implications in Bangladesh, examines the relationship between language, meaning, and sociopolitical ideology through the Natural Semantic Metalanguage framework. She is particularly interested in how language reflects identity, culture, and power in multilingual and global contexts.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xmbAOE8AAAAJ
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M. Ryan DeJean he/him
Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Ethnography, Language & Identity
I am a Graduate Instructor of academic writing and an M.A. candidate in TESOL and sociolinguistics. I serve on the First-Year Writing Curriculum Committee and work as a Senior Tutor in the Writing Lab. I am also a member of the Sociolinguistics Club.
My research sits at the intersection of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and pedagogy, with a focus on Cajun English, contemporary Cajunness, and the ways situated interaction shapes belonging and cultural identity. In parallel, I study linguicism and strategies for managing complexity in ESL and EMI classrooms.
I am currently co-authoring a critical discourse analysis of depictions of Cajuns in popular culture with Dr. Nichole Stanford. I am also conducting a practicum-based study for my M.A. capstone, examining teacher adaptability and learner engagement across K–12, adult, and university ESL contexts. I recently completed an ethnography of La Poussiere dance hall in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, which serves as a pilot study for future doctoral research.
Alongside my academic work, I maintain a creative practice centered on analog photography and sound recording.
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S.M. Safiullah he/him
S. M. Saifullah is an MA student in English (TESOL). He currently serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record. His research focuses on the intersection of generative AI and digital pedagogy, specifically examining the sociopedagogical implications of modern voice-activated assistants. His research also includes Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), with a specific interest in analyzing the semantic structure of Bangla. Previously, he spent over five years as a Senior Lecturer in English in Bangladesh. His scholarship aims to analyze cultural keywords through universal semantic theory.