Communicating with current students is another great way to learn about the Master of Arts Program in the Humanities (MAPH) and the larger University of Chicago community. You are welcome to contact any of the current students profiled below. While many MAPH students have interdisciplinary academic interests, they are grouped here by just one of their main interests so that you can find someone to reach out to with whom you have something in common.
English
Kira Schukar | kschukar@uchicago.edu
Kira is a one-year MAPH student focusing on English Literature and Gender and Sexuality Studies. She also has interests in archival research and public humanities.
Philosophy
Jack Drury | jackdrury@uchicago.edu (He/Him)
Jack is a student in the MAPH Two-Year Language Option, focusing on Classical philosophy.
Cinema and Media Studies
Ethan Werner | ejwerner@uchicago.edu
Ethan is a one-year student with an interdisciplinary focus on media and game studies.
Classics
Mia Wang | miaohan@uchicago.edu (She/Her)
Mia is a second-year TLO student with a general focus in Classics.
Middle Eastern Studies
Thomas M. Pflanz | tpflanz@uchicago.edu (They/He)
Thomas is a second-year student in the MAPH Two-Year Language Option focusing on Egyptology and Middle Egyptian languages, as well as engaging with research relative to gender and sexuality studies.
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Vivian Li | vivianxwli@uchicago.edu
Vivian Li is a first-year student in the TLO MAPH program interested in Chinese Philosophy, Gender Studies, and Postcolonial Theory.