Title: Graduate Student

Department: English

Office: Buttrick 4-63
Email: erin.e.spinka@vanderbilt.edu

Degrees

• B.A. Creative Writing, Poetry; Honors in British Literature -- Rhodes College (2002)

Research Area

• Victorian print culture;
• Identity and co-authorship;
• The aesthetics of twins in popular culture;
• Clothing, mannequins, puppets, and images of human commodification in Victorian literature

Professional Honors

• University Fellowship, Vanderbilt – 2007 - ;
• Allen Tate Creative Writing Award, Poetry – 2002;
• Battle of the Minds Research Symposium, Rhodes College, First Place – 2002;
• Presidential Scholarship, Rhodes College – 1999 - 2002