Thai-Catherine Matthews

Thai-Catherine Matthews is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Skidmore College. Her academic credentials include a B.A. from Wellesley College, MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University.

Her research explores intersections across:

• Medieval textual traditions and contemporary reinterpretations
• Critical race frameworks in literary analysis
• Comparative methodologies bridging historical and media studies

She has received prestigious honors including:

• Gates Cambridge Scholarship (2020-21)
• Digital Humanities Fellowship at Oxford (2025)
• Alexander Grass Humanities Research Fellowship (2023-24)
• Mellon Teaching Fellowship (2019-21)