PhD Student

British and Irish Literary Studies

Research Area(s):

British and Irish Gothic Novel, regional Gothicism (specifically the Celtic Fringe), cultural anxiety, Monster Theory

Contact Information

Email: dwharton@unm.edu
Office Location: Parish Library

Biography

Darian Wharton is a PhD student in British and Irish Studies at UNM, researching all things related to the Gothic Novel. She graduated from Asbury University with a BA in English and Actuarial Mathematics. She completed her MA at the University of Dayton with her thesis “Monsters and Body Horror: The Expression and Annihilation of Cultural Anxieties” in 2024.

Darian’s interest is deeply interested in how Gothic stories and anxieties change for the culture they are written in and is exploring how Scotland, Ireland, and Wales’s expression of anxiety within Gothic novels expressed themselves. She is also interested in how people become monstrous within narratives of anxiety.

Darian is intensely invested in mentoring undergraduate students and new graduate students; so if you are a prospective student, she invites you to reach out to her via the email address listed above.