Graduate Program, Teaching Assistant Elliot Shaw is a PhD candidate (ABD) in the CLIS program. He holds a BA in English and Secondary Education and an MA in Comparative Literature. His research occurs at the thresholds of literature, philosophy, and the social sciences. His dissertation, "The Apperceived Self: Autobiography and Self-Consciousness," demonstrates how apperception is central to both autobiographical writing and self-consciousness in general. Selected Publications Selected Publications: “Foregrounding the Subjective in Leiris, Lévi-Strauss, and Malinowski,” Nesir 4 (April 2023): 41–58. Link.