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Rosette Simityan
Pronouns she/her
Research Interests
Environmental Humanities, Literature & Media, Cultural Geography, 20th-Century American Literature, Transnational American Studies, Life Narratives, Environmental Displacement, California and the West
Education
PhD English. University of California, Davis. 2021 - present. (In progress)
MA English Literature. San Francisco State University. 2020. (Master’s thesis: “Storied City: Disenchanting and Re-Enchanting the Myths of Los Angeles”)
BA Literatures in English and BA History, summa cum laude. University of California, San Diego. 2015.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
ENL 182: Literature of California, Fall 2021
ENL 10B: Literatures in English II: 1700-1900, Winter 2022
ENL 155B: 19th Century British Novel, Spring 2022
Publications
“Didion’s Los Angeles: Dis-Enchanting the California Dream,” Interpretations: Journal of the SFSU Graduate Literature Association, May 2020.
“From Idol to God: Feminine Apotheosis in Mina Loy's ‘Parturition’,” Interpretations: Journal of the SFSU Graduate Literature Association, November 2019
“Hand in Hand,” Matchbox Magazine, Issue 9, 2015, pp. 71-74 (short fiction)
Conference Presentations
“Selves, Shelves, and Shells: The Supermarket as an Echo-Chamber of Postmodern Anxieties,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, November 2019.
“From Idol to God: Feminine Apotheosis in Mina Loy's ‘Parturition’,” SFSU English Department Conference, May 2019.
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