Andrea Salles Agostoni, M.A.

Scholarship Holder at the Graduate School for the Humanities a.r.t.e.s

PhD Project: The Temporal Poetics of the Climate Crisis: Ecological Time and the Anthropocene in Contemporary American Poetry (AT)

First Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher 
Second Advisor: Prof. Dr. Kate Rigby (MESH)

Research Interests: Ecocriticism, Migration Narratives, Literary Geographies, and Women's Writing

Melisa Köroğlu, M.A.

Collegiate at the Graduate School for the Humanities a.r.t.e.s

PhD Project: The Hungry Girl: Female Appetite and (In-)Satiability in the Contemporary North American Horror Film

First Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher
Second Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kristina Köhler

Research Interests: See personal website.

Alexandra Novacov, M.A.

Scholarship Holder at the Graduate School for the Humanities a.r.t.e.s

PhD Project: A History of Violence and Humor in Animated Series (AT)

First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Packard (Media Studies)
Second Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher (since 2021/04)

Research Interests: Animated Series, Humor, Cultural Violence Studies, Media Studies

Sascha Joseph, M.A.

Editor for the WDR (1LIVE)

PhD Project: The Ethical Dilemma in the Works of Philip K. Dick (AT)

First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Hanjo Berressem (American Studies)
Second Adivsor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher (since 2021/10)

Research Interests: Science Fiction, Theories of Posthumanism, Ethics

Suja Keul, M.A.

PhD Project: Reed v. Reed and the birth of rationalism in dealing with sex-based classifications in legislative matters (AT)

First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anke Ortlepp
Second Adivsor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher (since 2022/03)

Research Interests: Science Fiction, Theories of Posthumanism, Ethics

Aylin Dilek Walder, M.A.

Research Assistant at the Department of American Studies at the TU Braunschweig

PhD Project: Beyond Alterity: The Fantastic Dawn of Affinities in Contemporary Speculative Fiction

First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Heinze (TU Braunschweig)
Second Adivsor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher

Research Interests: See personal website

Lea Merle Bachmann, M. Ed.

Scholarship Holder at the Graduate School for the Humanities a.r.t.e.s

PhD Project: Zur Inszenierung von Depression in der Jugendliteratur

First Advisor: Prof.'in Dr.'in Maren Conrad
Second Advisor: Assistant Prof.'in Dr.'in Joela Jacobs
Third Advisor: Jun.-Prof.'in Dr.'in Judith Rauscher

Research Interests: Literary Disability Studies, Mad Studies, Inclusion, illness narratives, politics and ethics in Children's and Young Adult literature and media

Verena Wurth, M.A.

Scholarship Holder at the Graduate School for the Humanities a.r.t.e.s

PhD Project: Crime-cene: Environmental Crime in New Golden Age TV (AT)

First Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher
Second Advisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Roman Bartosch (ES II)
Third Advisor: Prof. Dr. Julia Leyda (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

Research Interests: See personal website.

Giulia Sperduti, M.A.

Research Assistant at the Department of Linguistics (Discourse Studies) at the University of Cologne

PhD Project: The re-use of Ancient Greek Myths in Rita Dove's works: A Cognitive Linguistic perspective (AT)

First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Bonifazi (Linguistics)
Second Adivsor: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Judith Rauscher (since 2022/03)

Research Interests: Comparative Cognitive Poetics, Ancient Greek Linguistics and Literature, African-American Literature