Thursday May 2, 2019 4-6:50PM

Applying to PhD Programs

Laura Scudder Conference Room, Roosevelt Hall 121

Dr. Joanna Levin and Dr. Anna Leahy will discuss what to look for in a PhD program, what the application entails, how to plan ahead, and how to prepare your application materials. In addition, they will address ways to make yourself a competitive candidate, develop a strong statement of purpose, and request letters of recommendation.

Dr. Joanna Levin, Associate Professor, Chair, Department of English

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Joanna Levin is the author of Bohemia in America, 1858-1920 (2010) and co-editor, with Edward Whitley, of Whitman among the Bohemians (2014) and Walt Whitman in Context (2018).

She is the Chair the English Department at Chapman University, where teaches courses in American literature and culture. She earned her PhD from Stanford University and her BA from Yale University.

Dr. Anna Leahy, Professor, Department of English

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Anna Leahy is the author of the nonfiction book Tumor and the poetry collections Aperture and Constituents of Matter the co-author of Generation Space: A Love Story and Conversing with Cancer. Her essays have appeared at The Atlantic, Pop Sugar, The Southern Review, The Pinch, and elsewhere and won the top awards from Ninth Letter and Dogwood in 2016. She edited and co-wrote What We Talk about When We Talk about Creative Writing and publishes widely about creative writing pedagogy and the profession.

She directs the MFA program at Chapman University, where she edits the international journal TAB and curates the Tabula Poetica reading series. Leahy earned her PhD from Ohio University, her MFA from the University of Maryland, and her MA from Iowa State University. She teaches creative writing courses.

See more at www.amleahy.com & follow @amleahy .