Current Graduate Students

MA in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Elizabeth (Lizz) Kurian
Graduate Student
Pronouns: she/her

Research Interests: Intersections of race, gender and religion.

Joint MA in Anthropology & Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Taylor Harmon
Graduate Student

Research interests: indigenous perspectives on gender and sexuality, non-binaristic gender identities, sexual behavior, politics of belonging and identity, geographical focus on Mexico.

Joint MA in English & Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Ayla Cordell
Graduate Student
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Research Interests: Creative nonfiction, the intersection of embodiment and culture, feminist theory, women's and queer literature, food studies and many things in between.

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Andrew Evans
Graduate Student
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Calvin Canino Fluit
Graduate Student
Pronouns: he/him

Research Interests: Gender and sex/sexuality in science fiction and fantasy, sexual violence and coercion in fiction, histories of gender and sexuality.

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Hope Lockwood
Graduate Student
Pronouns: she/they

Research Interests: incels, deconstruction of female poets and their personal lives, 20th and 21st century female writers, the confessional and deep imagery poetry movements, and how gender and sexuality influence horror works.

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Laurel Reynolds
Graduate Student

Joint MA in passing in Music & Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Marie Comuzzo Brückner
Graduate Student
Pronouns: she/they

Research Interests: The intersection between the great witch hunts, the establishment of capitalism and the underrepresentation of women and BIPOC in the Western musical canon. They also engage in the critical study of anthropocentrism through the lens of nonhuman musicalities, queer and feminist theory, and anti-capitalism.

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Anna Valcour
Graduate Student
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Research Interests: Witchcraft and demonology in Lieder, cultic groups and music, vocal pedagogy, representation in opera and its staging, and voice-based analysis. 

Graduate Student Experience

Monica Doebel
Monica Doebel MA’18

"The WGS program at Brandeis not only facilitated my intellectual growth, but brought me close to extraordinary friends and colleagues. My peers in the program imbue their academic work with social consciousness and strong consciences, making Brandeis WGS an environment in which compassionate and critical thought flourishes."