Jonathan Schaffer
MA - Second Year
B.S. - Psychology with minors in Ethnic Studies and Women's & Gender Studies, California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, 2017
Ed.M. - College Student Affairs, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, 2019
Area Coordinator, Department of Community Living, Brandeis
English Dept. Graduate Representative
jschaffer@brandeis.edu
Primary Advisor
Tom King
Research Interests
Literary technique in daily work in American higher education, queer and disability reading, ludonarratology, contemporary and genre literature, and medievalist fictions
Presentations
"'If the Lords Will Not Return to Their Thrones Themselves, Let Them Return as Cinders:' Soiled and Soiling Bodies of Nobility in Dark Souls 3", presented at Soil/Soiling Brandeis Graduate Student Conference, Brandeis University, April 2025; R/evolution: Radical Change and Gradual Transformation in Literature and Culture, English Graduate Students' Society at Univesité de Montréal, April 2025; and Ludonarratives: Stories, Art, and Play in Game Studies Young Scholars' Conference, University of Szczecin, June 2025
"Disability and Different Ability: an Introduction to Disability Theory through Deaf Education", NEACUHO Res Ed Summit, Northeastern Association of College and University Housing Officers, April 2024
Favorite Work
"Chainsaw Man" by Tatsuki Fujimoto, "District Merchants: An Uneasy Comedy" by Aaron Posner, "Hild" by Nicola Griffith, "Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Apocalypse" directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, and "The World Ends With You" directed by Tatsuya Kando