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Department of English

Anlie Williams

Anlie Williams (she/her) is a first-year doctoral student within the English Department at Vanderbilt University.  

She received her BA and MA in English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). In her MA thesis, sheexamined questions of the print book’s future, authorship, and materially adapted classic novels using Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. More broadly, Anlie’s research addresses questions of adaptation, femininity, and materiality in American literature.

 

Specialization(s)

Specializations: 

-19th and 21st Century American Literature 

-The History of Books and Reading 

-Reception Studies 

-Digital Humanities 

Awards

  • Wentworth Travel Fellowship - Awarded by the UNCW Department of English for MA thesis research 
  • Graduate Student Association Travel Grant - Awarded by the UNCW Graduate Student Association for the paper, “Object-Oriented Fiction: Reading and Remediation in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women” 
  • Graduate Travel Award - Awarded by the UNCW Graduate School for the paper, “Rethinking the Book, Reimagining the Classic: Reading Practices, Reception, and Materiality in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women”  
  • New Scholar Award - Awarded by the UNCW Department of English  
  • English Graduate Scholarship - Awarded by the UNCW Graduate School