MTL Past Oral Exam Reading Lists
MTL students are required to take an oral examination, covering the student's areas of concentration, normally in the third year of graduate study. It is a two-hour oral examination administered by four faculty members specializing in the student's areas of concentration, and a chair from another department. The exam is based on a substantial reading list prepared by the student in conjunction with the faculty committee and designed to cover the areas of expertise pertinent to the student's dissertation project.
Below is a list of MTL students by the year given of their oral exams, their fields, and the primary adviser for each.
Please Note:
These Oral Exam reading lists are posted so that current students preparing for their exams can see how other students in the program organized their lists. The MTL Oral Exam is a “field” exam, generally completed in a doctoral student’s third year, well before settling on a dissertation topic. Therefore, these lists may very well no longer reflect an individual's scholarly field(s).
2012
Johnsrud, Brian / Crusade Conspiracies: The Cultural Memory of Violence Between the U.S. and the Middle East / Fred Turner (Communication)
Chang, Vanessa / Embodiment, Space and Technology in Literature, Film and New Media / Scott Bukatman (Film & Media Studies) and Sianne Ngai (English)
Johnson, Adrienne Rose / Landscape, Labor, and Love in America / Shelley Fisher Fishkin (English)
Wallis, Meredith / Children’s Literature and Law / Franco Moretti (English)
2011
Charles, Alexis / Visual & Literary Representations of Race, Sex, Gender in the Future / Michele Elam (English)
Estrella, James / Queer and Urban Geographies of Race, Sex, and Gender in American Literature and Culture / Y. Yarbro-Bejarano (ILAC) and Stephen Sohn (English)
Navas, Ronmel / The Secret Life of Things / H.U. Gumbrecht (Comp Lit)
2010
Cerankowski, Karli / Queer Studies; Performance Studies; Feminist Studies / Paula Moya (English)
Fernandez, Ingrid / Representations of the Corpse in American Popular Culture from the mid 19th Century to the Present / Ursula Heise (English)
Murray, Daniel / Political Theory and Social Movements / Joshua Cohen (Poli Sci)
Ndlovu, Siphiwe / Postcolonial and African Diaspora Studies / Sean Hanretta (History)
Sapp, Eric / Modern Social and Political Theory / J.-P. Dupuy (French)
Thompson, J. Brian / Digital Games & Cyberculture / Ursula Heise (English)
2008
Rosenblatt, Adam / Political Theory: Rights, Violence, and the Body / Joshua Cohen (Poli Sci)
Stanescu, Vasile / Critical Animal Studies / Ursula Heise (English)
2007
Arnold, Regina / Media Studies / Andrea Lunsford (English)
Hatton, Nigel / Ethics and Justice in the Novel / Eamonn Callan (Education)
Sae-Saue, Jayson / Bridging Asian-American and Mexican-American Cultural Forms: An Historical and Structural Study / Ramón Saldívar (Comp Lit)
2006
Kim, Ju Yon / Asian American Studies: Literature and Performance / David Palumbo-Liu (Comp Lit)
Richardson, Sarah / Science, Values, and Society, History of Genetics, Molecular Biology, & Biotechnology, Gender and Science / Helen Longino (Philosophy)
2005
Anjaria, Ulka / Approaches to the Study of Indian Literature and the Indian State / Akhil Gupta (Anthro)
Jenkins, Jacqueline / Mis-Informed: Cultural Studies, the Politics of the Popular, and American Education / Paulla Ebron (Anthro)
Lee, Steven / Transnational Perspectives on American Literature & History / David Palumbo-Liu (Comp Lit)
Matza, Tomas / Cultural Anthropology and Slavic Studies / James Ferguson (Anthro)
Tanoukhi, Nirvana / The History and Theory of Novel, Globalization Studies, The Arabic Novel / Franco Moretti (English)
Zamora / Indigenism, Feminism and Latina/Xicana Performance / Y. Yarbro-Bejarano (ILAC)
2004
Piatote, Beth / Indian Agents: Native American Inventions in Literature and Law / Paulla Ebron (Anthro)
Simpson, Richard / Creative Non-Fiction / Andrea Lunsford (English)