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Joe Sweeney

Nashville

Summary

Twentieth century US literature, law and literature, philosophy and literature

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

James Charlton Knox Prize

Amherst College English Department
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Received funding from the Amherst College English department for an independently proposed and conducted research project. Research conducted in two parts: Attended the 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference (June); Archival research at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in their Willa Cather-related special collections (August)

Gregory S. Call Summer Research Fellow

Amherst College
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Funded summer of research for undergraduate English honors thesis

Publishing Intern

Restless Books
06.2023 - 07.2023
  • Worked for a non-profit publisher, specializing in immigrant literature and literature in translation, following a Spring research colloquium (The ABCs of Publishing) on publishing/the publishing industry
  • Edited manuscripts, reviewed submissions for literary prizes, and participated in acquisition strategy
  • Contributed research and materials for a forthcoming edition of King Lear

Education

Ph.D. - English

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
04-2031

Bachelor of Arts - English/Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought

Amherst College
Amherst, MA
05-2025

Skills

  • Advanced library research
  • Researching archival materials
  • Academic writing
  • Public speaking and presenting

Presentations/Conferences

  • June 2025, "Willa Cather's The Professor's House in the Pastoral," 69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference, Red Cloud, NE.
  • April 2023, "Education By All: The Rational Path Towards Democracy," Five College Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Northampton, MA.

Accomplishments

    2024 James Charlton Knox Prize

Timeline

James Charlton Knox Prize

Amherst College English Department
06.2024 - 08.2024

Gregory S. Call Summer Research Fellow

Amherst College
06.2024 - 08.2024

Publishing Intern

Restless Books
06.2023 - 07.2023

Ph.D. - English

Vanderbilt University

Bachelor of Arts - English/Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought

Amherst College
Joe Sweeney