Current Students
Tayma Abueed
My research brings together film studies, comparative literature, cultural studies, feminism, and Middle East studies to examine Arab cinema and literature. I explore how narratives reflect, reinforce, or challenge gender norms and cultural identities in the Arab world. I am especially interested in how feminist approaches reveal the dynamics of power and expression across cinematic and literary forms.
Michael Hall
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration. Focus on video game design, Archaeology, and Digital Humanities. MA in History (focus in Digital Humanities) from University of South Florida. mh150@uark.edu
Liz Villamizar
PhD program, concentrating Spanish Medieval and Renaissance women's representation. MA in Arts in Hispanic Literature from University of Arkansas.
Ayesha Fatima Barque
PhD program, interested in regional literature and its linguistic roots. Mphil in English Literature from The University of Punjab, Pakistan.
Virginia Siegel
PhD program, cultural studies. Concentrating on folklore and gender studies. MA in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University.
Alshaatha Alsharji
PhD program, concentrating on racial and gender relations within Arab and Muslim communities, MA in CLCS.
Khadidja Bouchellia
PhD program. Research in Post/Decolonial Studies, Indigenous Environmental Studies, Eco-colonialism in North Africa and Middle East.
Jeff Wright
Ph.D. Cultural Studies program, concentrating on Gender Representations and Visual Rhetoric in Convergence Culture and Adaptation Studies. M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies - Anthropology, Rhetoric and Writing, B.A. Liberal Arts - Anthropology, Gender Studies, Film Studies, and Theater, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Chenwei Wu, PhD
Interested in computer mediated communication, M.A. in Communication Studies from University of Arkansas, B.A. in Business English from Beijing City University.
Hameed Naseem
PhD program, literary translation, concentrating on Classical Arabic religious literature, PhD in Materials Science Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Cindy Rauth
PhD in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, with a concentration in World Languages and Applied Linguistics. Research interests include identity and language use in secondary school settings in the South. MA in TESOL from the University of Washington, Seattle and a BA in Latin American and Iberian Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Huong Nguyen
Ph.D porgram. Focusing on the theory of making collective memories, Vietnamese traditional religions, Folklore. B.A in Folklore in Hanoi National University of Education in Vietnam.
Ibrahim Mazen
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies/Applied Linguistics. Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/ESL Education and M.Ed in Secondary Education, U of A.
Jessica Lucia Pacitto
PhD program, concentrating in translation and applied linguistics. MATESOL/ applied linguistics and MFA from the University of Alabama.
Ibrahim Mostafa Hassan
PhD. Program. World Languages and Applied Linguistics concentration.
Mayssa Hashaad
Ph.D. Program. Comparative Literature Concentration.
Isidoro Villa Ligero
Ph.D. Program. Interdisciplinary Hispanic Studies Concentration.
Angela Cruz Parra
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration.
Li Yang
Ph.D. Program. World Languages and Applied Linguistics Concentration.
Chy’ Na Nellon
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration.
Guillermo Pupo
PhD student, interested in the connection between text and paratext in Colonial Literature. MA in Spanish from the University of Arkansas. BA in Foreign Language Education (English-French-German) from Universidad del Atlántico (Colombia).
Hiba Al-Zerkani
PhD. Program. Literary Translation Concentration.
Julián Sanabria
Ph.D. Program. Interdisciplinary Hispanic Studies Concentration.
Katherine Price
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration.
Ala Aldojan
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration.
Bobbi Bins
Ph.D. Program. Cultural Studies Concentration.
Zina Al-Judie
PhD. Program. Comparative Literature Concentration.
Jahin Kaiissaar
M.A. Program. Comparative Literature Concentration.
Jayakumar Nair
PhD. Program. Literary Translation Concentration.