Jess Rafalko
Graduate Research Assistant
EGO PhD Representative (2024-2025)
004 Burrowes Building, Cubicle D
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Curriculum Vitae
Education
MA, English, Penn State University (2022)
MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction), The Ohio State University (2018)
BA, English, King's College (2014)
Professional Bio
I am a PhD candidate in English. My research focuses on the intersection of labor, grievance, and form in the Post-45 American novel.
I'm also a fiction writer. My work has appeared most recently in One Story and The Apple Valley Review.
Areas of Specialization
American Literature After 1900
The Post-45 American novel
Contemporary Literature
Contemporary realism
Creative Writing
The teaching (and institutionalization) of creative writing, the craft manual as a genre
Theory and Cultural Studies
Novel theory, formalism, Marxism