Julia Irion Martins

Julia holds a MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto, a BA in Literature from the Honors College at American University, and was recently a visiting PhD student at the Universidade de São Paulo's Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature. Recent courses taught include Literature 367: Latin American Literature + the City (taught at American University), Comparative Literature 122: Art Heaux + Theory Bros, English 125: Paper Pushing in Late Capitalism, FTVM 202: Intro to Digital Studies, and FTVM 236: Art of Film. Currently she is teaching Comparative Literature 122: Left on Read–Contemporary Narratives of Unrequited Love.

She is a certificate student at the Digital Studies Institute and the Assistant Editor of the DSI newsletter. 

Field(s) of Study

• irony + sincerity
• feminism + postfeminism
• first person narration
• postcritique
• creative writing
• autotheory + autofiction
• digital studies
• affect theory

Languages

• Portuguese
• Spanish
• English
• French