Biography

Jason Phillips is an English M.A. student. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in journalism, writing & rhetoric, and English from the University of Rhode Island. During his undergraduate studies, he wrote “Why Is My Professor Working at Two Other Universities? Awareness of Adjunct Labor among College Students,” which explores student awareness of the working conditions of adjunct labor in academia. With this work, he discovered an interest in exploring the gap between self-perceived knowledge of and material understanding of labor conditions. His current interests lie broadly in critical theory, existentialist literature, Marxist literary criticism, phenomenology, and semiotics.

Outside of the classroom, Jason is a staff member for the Harrington School of Communication and Media and runs the wine program at Caf Bar.