Michaela Baca
  • Lecturer
  • English 210 Coordinator

Biography

Michaela Baca received her PhD from Texas A&M in 2022. She primarily teaches core writing courses–such as 104, 203, and 210–as well as literature. Her teaching has been recognized with four teaching awards. 

Research Interests

  • Digital Humanities
  • Early Modern Studies
  • History of the Book and Textual Studies
  • Medieval Studies

 

Research Areas

  • Early Modern Studies
  • Women Writers
  • Medieval Studies

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2022
  • M.A., Texas A&M University, 2017
  • B.A., University of Denver, 2013

Awards & Honors

  • U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship (2020)
  • Associate of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Teaching (2020)
  • Fasken Graduate Student Teaching Award  (2020)
  • Staley Creswell Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020)
  • Graduate Research Fellow, Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research  (2019)
  • Kelsey Fellow, Cushing Memorial Library and Archive  (2018)

Selected Publications

    • “Negotiating Queenship: Ritual Practice, Material Evidence and Mary I’s Narrative of Authority.” In Mary I in Writing: Letters, Literature, and Representation. Edited by Valerie Schutte and Jessica Hower, 41-62. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
    • “Bad Kids: Incestuous Fantasy and Phenomenon in A Song of Ice and Fire,” Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 32, 2018, 83-88.

    Other Publications