Kylie Petrovich
Brittain Fellow
- Writing and Communication Program
Overview
Dr. Kylie B. Petrovich is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the Writing and Communication Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She earned her Ph.D. in English from Middle Tennessee State University, where her dissertation examined place-identity in the life and selected works of Edith Wharton.
Her research explores identity formation across literature, film, digital culture, and popular media, with particular interests in place, embodiment, spectatorship, and representations of the Other. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in venues including The Edith Wharton Review, Cine-Excess Journal, and several edited collections on digital culture, body horror, and popular culture.
Dr. Petrovich teaches courses in composition and literature, including first-year writing, research and argumentative writing, and thematic literature courses. Her teaching emphasizes critical thinking, rhetorical awareness, and the connections between texts, culture, and lived experience.
- Doctorate of Philosophy, English, Middle Tennessee State University
- Master of Arts, English, Belmont University
- Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Full Sail University
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Distinctions:
- Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Scholar, 2025
- Richard C. and Virginia Peck Award, Fall 2024
- John N. McDaniel Excellence in Teaching Award, 2024
- William R. Wolfe Award, 2024
Interests
Multimodal and digital composition
Writing and identity
Literature and cultural studies
Film, horror, and popular culture
Gender, sexuality, and representation
Literature and psychology
Inclusive and equity-centered pedagogy
Edith Wharton and transatlantic modernism
Horror, the body, and the “Other”
Gender, sexuality, and heteronormativity
Trauma, anxiety, and survival narratives
Popular culture and media representations
Writing, pedagogy, and identity formation
- Communication
- Communities, Places, and the Environment
- Cultural and Ethical Awareness
- Digital Humanities
- Digital Media
- Literacy Studies
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
- Politics, Power, and Inequalities
Focuses:
- Europe
- United States
- Gender
- Inequality and Social Justice
- Accessibility
- Autism
- Creativity in Context
- Digital and Mixed Media
- Digital Humanities
- Disability
- Education
- Feminism
- Film History and Theory
- Impacts and Consequences of Race/Ethnicity
- Inequality, Inequity, and Social Justice
- Interdisciplinary Learning and Partnering
- Language and Popular Culture
- Literary Theory
- Literature
- Media
- Media Production
- Migration
- Poetry
- Psychoanalysis
- Queer Studies
- Television Studies
- World Literature
Courses
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II: Monsters/Outcasts in Literature and Film
Publications
Recent Publications
Books
- Carving Out a Niche: The Use of Jack O’Lanterns in Halloween.” Michael Myers at 50: Essays on the Halloween Franchise
In: University of Texas Press
Date: 2026
Journal Articles
- The “Other,” Sexual Ambiguity, and Heteronormativity in Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left
In: Cine-Excess Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2026
Creative Artifacts
- Life Prescribed
In: SHIFT Literary Magazine [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
- Blood Moon
In: Off Center [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
Journal - Editors
- Letter from the Editor
In: Scientia et Humanitas [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
All Publications
Books
- Carving Out a Niche: The Use of Jack O’Lanterns in Halloween.” Michael Myers at 50: Essays on the Halloween Franchise
In: University of Texas Press
Date: 2026
Journal Articles
- The “Other,” Sexual Ambiguity, and Heteronormativity in Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left
In: Cine-Excess Journal [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2026
Creative Artifacts
- Life Prescribed
In: SHIFT Literary Magazine [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
- Blood Moon
In: Off Center [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Love's Open Door
In: The Mocking Owl Roost Literary Magazine
Date: 2024
- Mondays
In: The Mocking Owl Roost Literary Magazine
Date: 2024
Journal - Editors
- Letter from the Editor
In: Scientia et Humanitas [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2025
Updated: Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:08 AM