Student Spotlight: Erin Quinn

Junior, English Major, History and Classics Minors

Hometown:

Oxford, MS

Why English?

I have always loved to read, write, and talk about literature. I chose to major in English because I wanted to analyze the themes, techniques, and messages of literature more deeply, as well as to further study literary connections to culture and history. I am so grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to develop these interests at Mississippi State!

Clubs and Organizations:

Shackouls Honors College, Bully’s Bards, Classics Club, Eta Sigma Phi, Gamma Beta Phi, Baptist Student Union, Sigma Phi Lambda

Awards:

Ottilie Schillig Leadership Presidential Endowed Scholarship, Elmer and Egbert Phillips Memorial Scholarship, Helen W. Skelton Endowed Scholarship, William H. Magruder Memorial Scholarship, President’s List

Favorite Books Reads for Class:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning  

Scholarly Publications:

“‘Beyond His Native Town’: Travel and Alienation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Criterion, vol. 16, no. 2, 2023 (forthcoming).

Hobbies:

• Read
• Watch movies
• Listen to music