Graduate Student Affiliate

Lacey Ramirez is a transdisciplinary public scholar and member of the CREATES cohort, working at the intersection of academia and public health. As a second-year PhD student in French, Lacey’s research interests include representations of midwifery, witches, and healers in French and francophone literature. Lacey also worked as Program Assistant in 2025 for WashU’s Healthcare […]

Matthew Moore is a PhD student in English and American Literature studying the intersection of infrastructure space, ecology, and post-war American literature. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University where he wrote about his upbringing in the rural Midwest and the interactions of whiteness and masculinity within the post-industrial […]

Anna Wood and is a PhD student in Sociocultural Anthropology at WashU. She studies the intersections of culture, gender, race, technology, and the biopolitics of reproductive and sexual health. Her doctoral research investigates how assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) stratify reproductive labor vis-à-vis the global surrogacy industry. Wood seeks to understand how transnational surrogacy markets affect […]

As a PhD student in History at WashU, Wexler’s research examines the economic and political role of religious and ethnic minorities in Western Europe during modern state formation. His interests cover political, economic, and intellectual history, with a particular focus on the study of nationalism, race, and antisemitism. In recent work, he explores the legal and […]

Katherine Tilghman is a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies with a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her research focuses on contemporary novels by Mexican and Argentine women and how they engage with feminist approaches to care. Katherine is the editorial assistant for the Object Lessons book series, run jointly by the Office of Public […]

Silver Mckie is a doctoral student in Anthropology, broadly interested in experiences of self, consciousness, and embodiment. Drawing from mad studies, transcultural psychology, and anthropological frameworks of consciousness, their work critically explores how Western psychology has traditionally over-pathologized non-normative experiences of selfhood. Silver holds a particular interest in exploring post-clinical or otherwise non-pathological multiplicity, where […]

Lauren Malone is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology. Her involvement with WashU’s Office of Public Scholarship began as a member of the CREATES cohort in 2024. Here, she quickly grew passionate for the dynamic modes of making academic research accessible. Since then, she has joined the Office as a guest speaker for […]