Biography

AnnMarie DeMichiel is a Ph.D. student in the English Department at the University of Rhode Island, where she is a Teaching Assistant and has been instructor of record ENG 110, ENG 243, WRT 104, and UCS 160. She received her B.A. in English from Albertus Magnus College and her M.S. in English from Southern Connecticut State University. Her Master’s thesis focused on the figure of the doppelgänger in the literature of Jorge Luis Borges, relating Borges’ presentation of the doppelgänger to the mid-twentieth century television show The Twilight Zone. Her doctoral dissertation will focus on postwar American literature (1945-1965) and feminism, with specific attention to the author Shirley Jackson. In addition to this, AnnMarie currently serves as a member of the Delegate Assembly for the MLA, as a Regional Delegate to the New England and Eastern Canada region.