Alicia Williams

Alicia Williams is a doctoral candidate in English at Rutgers University, where she studies 19th century British literature and the history of reading. Her dissertation traces the transformation of conventions for addressing readers in the periodical and the novel alongside the rise of mass literacy and explores the political implications of these changes through the idea of a literary democracy. An article on George Eliot derived from this project is forthcoming in NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction. While at Rutgers, Alicia has co-organized the 19th century studies graduate student interest group and the English department’s annual Burns Night. Outside of research and writing, she enjoys running, volunteering at the Brooklyn Library, and learning the ways of international K-drama fandom.

Education

• Master of Arts - MA Rutgers University (2011 — 2014)
• Bachelor of Arts - BA University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006 — 2010)

Companies

• Assistant Teaching Professor Rutgers University (2021)
• Teaching Instructor Rutgers University (2019)
• Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Rutgers University (2018)
• Doctoral Fellow Rutgers University (2015 — 2018)
• PhD Candidate Rutgers University (2011 — 2018)
• Adjunct Instructor of English Fordham University (2016 — 2017)
• Graduate Student Instructor Rutgers University (2012 — 2015)
• Manuscript Editor, Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009 — 2010)