Stephanie C. Iasiello, PhD
Educator | Academic | Activist
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Stephanie C. Iasiello
PhD in English Literature
Location: Atlanta, GA
Email:
Phone: (404) 590-4446
About
BACKGROUND
Stephanie received her PhD in English from Emory University. She is currently serving as President of the Board of Directors for Reforming Arts, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that provides a theater-infused liberal arts higher education to the individuals incarcerated at women's prisons across the state of Georgia.
Her research interests include contemporary literature of the African Diaspora, slavery, neo-slavery, mass incarceration, criminal justice reform, critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and queer theory.
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Stephanie began working towards a JD at Georgia State University College of Law in the fall of 2019 as a means to continue her social justice & advocacy work.
Education
2019 - 2023 (Anticipated)
Georgia State University College of Law
Juris Doctor
Certificate in Public Interest Law (pending)
2012 - 2018
Emory University, Laney Graduate School
MA, PhD in English Literature
Dissertation Title: "Slavery and its Afterlives: Contemporary (Re)imaginings of the Zong Massacre"
2008 - 2012
State University of New York College at Geneseo
BA in English Literature and Black Studies
Experience
January 2017 - Present
Reforming Arts, President of the Board of Directors
September 2016 - Present
Reforming Arts, Instructor
English Literature & Composition
June 2017 - May 2018
Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University
Digital Publishing Fellow
February 2014 - July 2018
Woodruff Library, Emory University
Still Image Processing Assistant
Skills & Interests
Awards & Distinctions
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2019 recipient of the “30 Under 30” Non-Profit Leader Award,Young Non-Profit Professionals Network of Atlanta
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2019 Finalist for the Mellon/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Member of Phi Beta Kappa
Interests
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Arts-Based Education
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Feminist Pedagogy
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Decriminalizing Homelessness
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LGBTQ Advocacy
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Equestrian Sports