Caitlin Anderson
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
Member Of:
- Writing and Communication Program
- School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Office Phone: (404) 894-2730
Office Location: Skiles 361
Related Links:
Email Address: canderson402@gatech.edu
Overview
Personal Pronouns:
She/HerCaitlin Anderson received her Ph.D. from Auburn University in 2020. Her dissertation explored the shifting connections among plants, women, and literature during the long 19th century. When she's not teaching or researching, Caitlin spends her time playing video games and spoiling her dog.
Education:
- Ph.D. in English Literature - Auburn University
- M.A. in English Literature - Colorado State University
- B.A. in English Literature - University of Colorado, Boulder
Interests
Teaching Interests:
First year writing sequence, student-led course design, HIP grading practices, multimodal communication, pop-culture focused rhetoric
Research Interests:
Long 19th Century British literature, women authors, critical plant studies, graphic novels, romance studies
Research Fields:
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Science and Technology Studies
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Europe - United Kingdom
Issues:
- Bioethics, Bioscience, Biotechnology
- Disability
- Environmental Performance
- Feminism
- Literature
- Queer Studies
Courses
- ENGL-1101: English Composition I
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II
Publications
Books
- “Green Machinations: Criminalizing Plant Power in L.T. Meade’s The Sorceress of the Strand’
In: The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction and Ecology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
Journal Articles
- “Uprooting and Replanting the Vegetal Body of Silas Marner in George Eliot's Silas Marner”
In: Women's Studies: An Inter-Discliplinary Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2021
Updated: Jan 14th, 2026 at 9:45 AM