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Chloe Wheeler '19
She/Her/Hers
New Jersey
Oxy Major/Minor:
Spanish Literature & Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Double Major
Current Company:
Princeton University
Current Position:
Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature
Campus Involvement/Special Programs:
Greek Life (Kappa Alpha Theta); Study Abroad (Salamanca, Spain); Greek Council; O-Team
Secondary Schooling:
Fulbright ETA (Spain); UCLA Post-Baccalaureate in Classics; Fulbright Predoctoral Fellowship in Spain (Declined)
Favorite MP/Cooler Food:
Mussels
Best Oxy Class:
Spanish 370: The Jungle in Modern Latin American Literature
Groups I Identify With:
Any!
Bio:
I'm from Long Beach, CA, and I love languages and literature. Right now, after having spent a year doing virtual school at UCLA in their Post-Bacc Program, I'll be entering my first year of a 5-year PhD program in Comparative Literature. My research areas include Greek tragedy, the Graeco-Arabic Middle ages, lyric poetry, Galician/Spanish studies, medieval Islamic Spain, and feminist approaches to folklore--among many others. Since I work in Spanish, Arabic, and Latin, I ended up in this field of Medieval and Mediterranean Studies because I find the intersection of these languages and cultures fascinating (it also happens to be an area that is little-studied). I would like to be part of the mentor network to help anyone interested in pursuing graduate-level work in the humanities: I'm here to offer application advice, consulting on career paths (academia or otherwise), Fulbright conversations (ETA or Predoctoral).
Career Advice:
Don't take yourself too seriously; take what you do seriously.