Heather King is a PhD student in the English Department at Rice. Her research focuses on 20th and 21st century Global Anglophone literature and film, queer theory, and social reproduction.
Research Areas
The Global Anglophone; Queer Theory; Film; Autofiction and the first person; Psychoanalysis; Authorship; Social Reproduction; Animal Studies.
Education
MSc Political Theory, The London School of Economics and Political Science
BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Honors & Awards
2025: The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Best Graduate Essay of 2025
2022: The Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute Scholarship
2020: The Drapers' Company Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement
2019: Cambridge University Long Vacation Scholarship
2019: The Principal's Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement