Miranda Peery
PhD – ABD
MA in English & WGS, Brandeis University, 2018
B.A. in English, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, 2016
mpeery@brandeis.edu
Research Interests
Late Medieval and Early Modern British Literature, particularly religion and magic in MedRen europe. Gender/Sexuality Studies, Critical Race Studies, Genre and Horror Studies, Public Humanities, Digital Humanities.
Primary Advisor
Professor Ramie Targoff
Awards
Evan Frankel Endowed Fellowship (2022)
Barbara and Morton Mandel Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the Humanities (2020)
Profession Development Fellow (2020)
Izak Kazes Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2017-18)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (2021-22)
University Prize Instructorship for History and English--Violent Resistance: American Political Violence and Its Rhetorics (2022-23)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (2021-22)
University Prize Instructorship for History and English--Violent Resistance: American Political Violence and Its Rhetorics (2022-23)
Classes Taught and Assisted
Eng 21b, The Sex of Horror/The Horror of Sex
Eng/Hst 20a, American Political Violence and its Rhetorics
(TF) Shakespeare
(TF) Witchcraft and Magic in the Renaissance
(TF) Sex and Culture
Brandeis Atlanta Posse 12 Mentor
Favorite Work
Paternal Tyranny, Arcangela Tarabotti