Kylie Petrovich

Dr. Kylie Petrovich is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she teaches composition and literature. She holds a PhD in English from Middle Tennessee State University, along with an MA in English, an MFA in Creative Writing, and a BS in Psychology. Her research examines identity formation across literature, film, and digital culture, with particular attention to embodiment, place-identity, visual spectatorship, and popular media. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Identity Handbook, Cine-Excess Journal, and edited collections on mental health and popular culture. She has presented at national and international conferences and previously served as Editor-in-Chief of Scientia et Humanitas. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges literary theory, media studies, and psychology to explore how identities are constructed, represented, and contested in contemporary culture.