About
Micaela Chavez (she/her/hers) is a Graduate Student and Predoctoral Instructor at the Department of English, University of Washington, within the College of Arts & Sciences. She holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Riverside (2019) and an M.A. in English from the University of Washington (2022). Her research focuses on 19th-century British feminism, feminist theory, media studies, novel/prose fiction, sexuality, and trauma. She received the Richard J. Dunn First-Year Teaching Award (Honorable Mention) in 2021 and the Hallien Johnson Memorial Award in Women and Literary Study in 2023.
As a Predoctoral Instructor, she teaches courses and maintains office hours in PDL B5-B on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:45–1:45 PM. Her academic work bridges literary analysis with contemporary social discourses, emphasizing intersections of gender, media, and historical narrative.
While no specific labs or teams are listed, her affiliations include the Department of English’s research groups and outreach initiatives such as the Program for Writing Across Campus and the Program in Writing and Rhetoric.
