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:

• Joshua Beall, Rutgers University, 2007-2009
• Giovanna Montenegro, University of California - Davis, 2007-2009

Past Student representatives included:

• 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
• Nancy Pedri, University of Toronto, 1999-2001
• Nhora Serrano, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1999-2001

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)