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Student Spotlight: Zhuobin Liang

Student Spotlight: Zhuobin Liang

Zhuobin can’t believe he’s already been here for six years. “I’ll finish in a couple of months, it doesn’t seem real.” Challenged by needing to change labs when his initial PI left the University, Zhuobin’s research involves two different labs and projects. “My...

Student Spotlight: Cat Cassel

Student Spotlight: Cat Cassel

Cat’s dissertation, with roots in animal studies and feminist theory, examines insectoid literature through a feminist lens with respect to gender stereotypes and humanization of animal species. She is most intrigued by the way in which insectoid representation...

How to be everything

If you get as busy as the church of Agia Foteini, you, too, can be everything! Disclaimer: I am not everything, nor do I have a job yet. I, like most graduate students I know in the humanities, feel the beginnings of an anxiety attack whenever I think about future...

Student Spotlight: Caitlin Townsend

Student Spotlight: Caitlin Townsend

Caitlin is researching the scientific revolution in early modern Europe as it relates to the collection, display and narrative of natural history collections. Her work concentrates on the Royal Society of London as well as other, less formal collectors of fossils and...

Student Spotlight: Austin McCoy

Student Spotlight: Austin McCoy

Austin came to Michigan for his doctorate because of the faculty. “That was the deciding factor for me. My research interests were focused on the Midwest, and U-M was the best fit.” An Ohio native, Austin completed his undergraduate and master’s degree in African...

Why Am I Here?

So, proud that I’ve survived the first semester in my program, I can now admit that there were times that Impostor Syndrome had me doubting both my place and my purpose in working toward a Ph.D. The last time I asked myself the question ‘Why am I here?’ this is what I...

Student Spotlight: Amanda Healy

Student Spotlight: Amanda Healy

Amanda’s research focuses on postbellum historical fiction that represents the events of the U.S. past. Many of the novels she studies were written by or about women and the family and were long considered unimportant or apolitical. Her dissertation research shows...

Student Spotlight: Sam Kotler

Student Spotlight: Sam Kotler

“Other than good data, the most exciting thing for a scientist is talking about their work.” Sam said as he sat down to talk about his research and graduate student experience. Sam holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of California at San...