Samantha Whittle

Samantha Whittle began her Master's in Comparative Literature at UMass in Fall 2021. She received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from Clark University in June of 2021, with minors in History and Holocaust & Genocide Studies. In her final year of studies, she completed an honors thesis on the topic of so-called “Holocaust comedies,” and was awarded highest honors for her work. While at Clark University, Samantha was a member of Variant Dance Troupe for all four years, becoming Treasurer in her senior year, and choreographing every year. She also participated as a Peer Editor on the Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal. Her research interests lie primarily in applying trauma theory to postcolonial and post-genocidal literature, exploring the way that literary form and style reflect the authors’ traumatic landscapes, specifically in Francophone and eastern central European nations.