ANLIE J. WILLIAMS
ANLIE J. WILLIAMS
English Literature Researcher
and PhD Student
Vanderbilt University
Anlie J. Williams
Anlie Williams is an first-year English Literature PhD student at Vanderbilt University. Additionally, Anlie holds BA and MA degrees in English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her current research examines questions of the future of the print book, materially adapted classic novels, and women writers. Additionally, Anlie considers the intersections of reading practices and material culture from nineteenth-century American literature to today, and how those contribute to not only the meaning we make of literature, but also how we shape its reception.
Anlie recently completed her Master's thesis, which focuses on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. See About and Current Research to learn more about her work and experience.
Education
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Ph.D., English, Vanderbilt University Expected 2030
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M.A., English, Vanderbilt University Expected 2026
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M.A., English, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2024
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B.A., English, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2023, Summa Cum Laude
Experience
Vanderbilt University
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2025-present. Research Assistant, Dr. Ajay Batra
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2024-present. PhD Student, Department of English
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University of North Carolina Wilmington​
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2023-2024. Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science
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2021-2024. Master Writing Consultant, University Learning Center
Research Interests
The Long Nineteenth Century, Women Writers, Twenty-First Century Literature
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”