This organization aims to serve as a collaborative space for emerging scholars in the Purdue University English Department’s Literature, Theory, Cultural Studies (LTC) program to share their research; discuss recent innovations in literary criticism, theory, and cultural studies; and experience cutting-edge developments in the field through reading groups, research caucuses, forums, and social gatherings. As such, this organization provides opportunities for graduate students to present their recent research projects, learn from other graduate students, and interact with faculty and students situated throughout the LTC program.
Throughout my doctoral program, I have served LITCO in the following capacities:
Elected Positions
- Representative, Transatlantic and Early Atlantic Studies Caucus (2024–2025, 2023–2024, 2021–2022)
- President (2022–2023)
- Treasurer (2021–2022)
Conferences Co-Organized
- Symposium on “Power, Performance, and Play,” Virtual. 3–4 March 2023.
- Symposium on “Space and Movement Through Literature, Theory, and Culture,” Virtual. 4–5 March.
Conference Panels Chaired
- “Technical Disruptors.” Symposium on “Rethinking Crisis and Status Quo,” Purdue University, Virtual. 1 March 2024.
- “Perseverance, Performance, and Public Spectacle.” Symposium on Power, Performance, and Play, Purdue University, Virtual. 3 March 2023.
- “Re-Modeling ‘Home’ in Transnational Contemporary Fiction.” LITCO Symposium, Purdue University, Virtual. 4 March 2022.
Alex M. Anderson, PhD 