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Alexis Draut
PhD Candidate
Graduate Instructor

Alexis Draut (she/her/hers) recently earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Chatham University (Pittsburgh, PA) and is currently working on her Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Kentucky. Her writing, both scholarly and creative, revolves around environmental literature, the earth and its places, creatures (both human and nonhuman), and sustainability. In her doctoral work, Alexis plans to look at the realms of creative writing and academic scholarship from an ecofeminist lens, studying the writing from the likes of Octavia Butler, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Camille Dungy. She has published her poetry in journals such as The Social Justice Review, The Scrib Arts Journal, Internet Void, and The Perch Magazine. Alexis is a native Kentuckian, born and raised in Louisville. 

Contact Information
andr228@uky.edu
1222 Patterson Office Tower
Education
 

Chatham University, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 2021

Berry College, Bachelor of Arts in Religion, 2017
Research Interests
  • ecofeminism
  • Gender studies
  • 20 and 21st Century American Literature
  • Environmental Literature
  • ecopoetry
  • Creative Writing
  • womanism & feminism
Affiliations
  • English
  • Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies