Welcome to the Graduate Student page for the ACLA!

The American Comparative Literature Association has a larger share of graduate student members than most scholarly organizations, and an active graduate student membership. Graduate students participate in every aspect of the association, both directly and through their elected representatives.

Current Student Representatives:

• Fatma Tarlaci, University of Texas at Austin, 2011-2013
• Marina Antic, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011-2012

Past Student representatives included:

• Chandani Patel, University of Chicago, 2009-2011
• Atia Sattar, Pennsylvania State University, 2009-2011
• Joshua Beall, Rutgers University, 2007-2009
• Giovanna Montenegro, San Francisco State University, 2007-2009
• Sara Armengot, Pennsylvania State University, 2005-2007
• William Martin, University of Chicago, 2005-2007
• Sabine Thuerwaechter, University of California - Riverside, 2003-2005
• Matthew Russell, University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2005
• Elizabeth Pallitto, Queens College, CUNY, 2001-2003
• Adam Miyashiro, Pennsylvania State University, 2001-2003

Resources for Graduate Student Members

• Graduate Student Travel Funds
• ACLA Graduate Student Listserv, an electronic discussion group for graduate students in comparative literature and graduate student members of the ACLA
• The ACLA's Annual Meeting is an especially hospitable forum in which graduate students may share their work, often in close contact with established scholars in the discipline.
• ACLA calls for papers and conference listing
• ACLA resources page
• Transcript of the Professionalization roundtable from ACLA 2005 (Penn State)

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