Ph.D. Students

Cassidy Allen's research interests include contemporary women writers, twentieth and twenty-first century Irish literature, and feminist theory. She has presented work at conferences like the Northeast Modern Language Association and American Conference for Irish Studies on topics and writers such as Frank Yerby, Grace Kelly and the picturesque, and Sally Rooney.

Cassidy is currently working on her minor exam, which will focus on Victorian literature with a special emphasis on race, class, and gender. She is the recent recipient of a Summer Gaeltacht Award to study the Irish language in the Gaeltacht of Ireland.

Cassidy's teaching experience includes several First-Year Writing courses as the full instructor on record at the University of Connecticut. Additionally, she has worked as an Advanced Placement grader for the Language and Composition exam. Cassidy received both her M.A. in English and B.A in English from the University of Connecticut.