Research
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Early modern English literatureShakespeare, Donne, Milton, and seventeenth-century poetryReader-response theory and the phenomenology of readingLiterature and consciousness studiesDeep reading, attention, emotion, and ethicsLiterary inwardness and the history of felt experienceAI, reading, and humanities pedagogyOnline, open, and distance educationAlternative assessment and learning design
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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Early modern English literature
Dear Professor Prineas,
My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year].
Your research on early modern english literature connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.]
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