Honor Society® member
Grace Franklin
Assistant Lecturer at The Writing Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- University of Southern California
- English
- Class of 2023
- Los Angeles, California
Member since October 2021
About
I am a Provost Fellow and PhD candidate in English at the University of Southern California. My dissertation research focuses on the unprecedented experiences, anxieties, and possibilities initiated by the first fossil fuel utility—gaslight—as treated in literature and culture. Notably, I show how the concept of psychosocial gaslighting emerged from inequities and power produced by the literal gas network. I teach undergraduate writing courses on technology and social change.
Education
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University of Southern California
Ph.D. English
2018 – 2023
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University of Virginia
M.A. English
2013 – 2015
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University of Georgia
B.A. English, A.B.J. Journalism, minor Spanish, cum laude
2008 – 2012
Honors and awards
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Hope Scholarship
4-year undergraduate scholarship based on academic achievement
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Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
Inducted in 2011; international honor society for secondary students and faculty in the field of English
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Runner-up, Balch Prize for Best M.A. Thesis
Faculty-judged award for the best or most original master's thesis written at UVA each year
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Provost Fellow
5-year PhD fellowship granted to students with demonstrated potential to make a substantive, unique contribution to their program
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Provost Research Award
Awarded in October 2021; one-time research grant available for graduate fellows to apply for with the support of their department
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Professor of English
- Graduate school interests
I love the balance of teaching, learning, and writing that graduate school offers. What could be better than spending my days on a college campus surrounded by peers, faculty, and students who challenge and inspire me? I especially enjoy interdisciplinary academic engagement and collaboration. My work involves diverse forms of media, as well as problems related to energy and climate change, interests that bring me in contact with members of various USC departments, not to mention students and faculty at UCLA and the broader SoCal region.
- Outside the classroom
Hiking, yoga, road trips, exploring cities on foot, live music, trying new food, spending time with my dog Ella
Experience
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Assistant Lecturer
The Writing Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 2020 – May 2021
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Marketing Writer & Premium Tutor
Applerouth Education, Atlanta, GA
Aug 2017 – Jul 2018
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Hiring Manager & Premium Tutor
Applerouth Education, Atlanta, GA
Aug 2015 – Jul 2017
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Research Assistant
Collective Biographies of Women, NEH-funded Digital Humanities Project, Scholars' Lab, The University of Virginia
Aug 2013 – Jul 2015
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Editorial Intern
Good Housekeeping Magazine, Hearst Corporation, New York, NY
May 2011 – Aug 2011
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Editorial Assistant
The University of Georgia Alumni Magazine, Athens, GA
Aug 2010 – May 2012
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Reporter & Desk Editor
The Red & Black, University of Georgia Student Newspaper, Athens, GA
Aug 2008 – Jul 2010
Volunteering
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Co-Founder, Faculty / Graduate Student Reading Series
English Department, University of Southern California
Dec 2019 – Nov 2021
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Graduate Student Liaison, Media Studies Job Candidate Search
English Department, University of Southern California
Dec 2019 – May 2020
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Lead Organizer with Devin Griffiths and Brianna Beehler, INCS Annual Conference, "The GREEN Conference," Los Angeles, CA
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS)
Aug 2019 – Mar 2020
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Volunteer Lecturer, USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative (NAI) Joint Education Project with The Dickens Project and Foshay Learning Center
NAI Joint Education Project
Aug 2019 – Dec 2019
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President (elected)
Association of English Graduate Students (AEGS), University of Southern California
May 2019 – May 2020
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Graduate Student Mentor
English Department, University of Southern California
May 2019 – Nov 2021
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M.A. Representative (elected) & Panel Series Coordinator
Graduate Student English Association (GESA), The University of Virginia
May 2014 – May 2015
Languages
- Spanish Intermediate
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