Victoria Stewart

Victoria Stewart (she/her/hers) is a PhD Candidate in Literary Studies at the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois. Her research focuses on Late Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century American Literature and Health Humanities.

• Education: MA in English Literature (Wichita State University, 2018), BA in English (Wichita State University, 2016)

She has taught as an instructor for courses such as RHET 105: Research and Writing (2019-2021) and ENGL 116: Introduction to American Literature (2023), and served as a Teaching Assistant for ENG 255: Early American Literature and Culture (2020, 2024).

Awards & Honors:

• 2024-2025 University Block Grant Fellowship
• 2023-2024 LAS Dissertation Fellowship