Rachel Banka
English Graduate Teaching Assistant (2018-Present), McCourtney Family Distinguished Graduate Fellow (2017-2018)
201 Burrowes Building, Cubicle E
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Mailroom: 430 Burrowes Building
Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, English, In Progress
M.A., Pennsylvania State University, English, 2019
B.A., University of Mississippi, English (with minors in Theatre Arts and Classics: Latin Emphasis), 2015
H.S. Diploma, Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science, 2011
Professional Bio
My specialty is speculative fiction, with an emphasis on fantasticism. I relish mythology, folklore, fairy tales, Gothic fiction, and magic realism. My current topics of interest include supernatural female figures, monstrosity, and the adaptation/evolution of lore, and my recent research has focused on the impact of proto-feminist French fairy tales on the English novel in the 18th century.