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 project explores how theories of apperception provide a framework for interpreting the factors at play in both the writing and reception of autobiography. Selected Publications Selected Publications: “Foregrounding the Subjective in Leiris, Lévi-Strauss, and Malinowski,” Nesir 4 (April 2023): 41–58. Link.