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Center Graduate Students: Alexandra Cavallaro
Alexandra Cavallaro is a MA student in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Information
238 English Building | MC-718
cavalla1@illinois.edu
Biographical Statement
Alexandra Cavallaro is originally from the great state of Rhode Island, but she completed her undergraduate work at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She graduated summa cum laude in 2008 with a B.A. in English, where she focused on women’s literature, ethnic American literature, and composition and rhetoric. She has presented papers at numerous regional English conferences, and has published poetry and prose in the literary magazine Shoofly. Her current research focuses on gender, sexuality, and identity in rhetoric and literacy studies. Alexandra is currently a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research Interests
Women’s rhetoric, women’s literacy, feminist pedagogy, gender studies, and queer theory
Courses Taught
- Rhetoric 105: Principles of Composition