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Elena Selthun

Elena Selthun

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  • English


Graduate Student

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Biographic Overview

  • Degree: Began PhD program in 2022
  • Concentration: British Literature (19th Century), Gender and Sexuality Studies, Ecocriticism
  • Advisor: Mike Goode

Elena Selthun (they/them) is a PhD student whose research focuses on queer Gothic ecologies in Victorian literature, as well as the echoes and adaptations of these stories in the present. They are especially interested in monsters, fungi, haunted houses, and decaying empires.

  • Education
    B.A. English, Seattle University (2021)
  • B.A. Humanities, Seattle University (2021)
  • Minor in Writing Studies, Seattle University (2021)