Bio
Kate Edwards received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts
Amherst in September 2025. Her dissertation project, Transformative Encounters, assesses
the ways that representations of metamorphosis function in Eastern and Central European
literature and film of the late 20th and early 21st century. She has taught courses
in literature and film since 2018.
Education
- PhD in Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, September
2025
- BA in Russian/Classical Languages, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, May 2018
Teaching Focus
- RCC courses taught: English Composition II; British Literature
- Past course subjects: memoir and first-person narrative; horror fiction and film;
fiction/film exploring ethical concepts; avant-garde film
- Areas of expertise: environmental literature and film; animal studies; Russian literature
and film
Research Interests
- Russian and Eastern European cinema and literature; posthuman and nonhuman studies;
ecocriticism and environmental humanities; postcolonial studies; Soviet and post-Soviet
cultural studies
