Rachel M. Hartnett

Dr. Rachel M. Hartnett is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the Writing and Communication Program in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned her PhD in English in 2023 from the University of Florida with her dissertation titled, Base Camp Literature: U.S. Invisible/Hyperpresence in Foreign Occupations. She earned her MA in English in 2016 from Florida Atlantic University with her thesis titled, Mhysa or Monster: Masculinization, Mimicry, and the White Savior in A Song of Ice and Fire. Her research interests include postcolonial studies, U.S. empire, and popular culture. She has been published in the Journal of Popular Culture and Tropical Imaginaries and Climate Crisis, a special issue of eTropic. She is currently working on a monograph, titled Postcolonialism in A Song of Ice and Fire, which will be a sustained analysis of race, orientalism, and imperialism in George R.R. Martin’s fantasy book series.