Brandy Reeves
PhD CandidateAmerican Literary StudiesResearch areas20th & 21st Century American Literature, Multi-Ethnic American Literature Contact InformationEmail: breeves2@unm.edu | |
BiographyBrandy Reeves is a PhD Candidate (ABD) in the American Literary Studies program. She received her B.A. from Salem College and her M.A. in English from North Carolina State University (NCSU). Her fields of research include 20th and 21st century American literature where her subjects of interest include: multiethnic American literature, studies in the novel, critical race, Marxist, feminist/queer and post/decolonial studies. She came to UNM with the intent to comparatively analyze Chicana/o and Native/Indigenous American literature with African American literature. Brandy has been an instructor with UNM’s Core Writing Program teaching students strategies for academic inquiry and argument in ENGL 1110, 1120, and 2120. She has taught college composition and writing at NCSU as well. She is currently a Graduate Assistant for the Andrew W. Mellon Extending Pathways to Humanities (formally NM Humanities Now!) where she helps guides students through the transfer process to UNM’s English program. Brandy has also received awards from the English department's Arms Endowed fund (2021), UNM's Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship (2023-2024 and 2024-2025), and the Glenda Lewis Critical Race Scholars Award (2024-2025). |