Emilie Egger
Emilie is a sixth Ph.D. candidate in History. Her dissertation focuses on eugenics and family planning in twentieth-century Latin America. She also holds a master’s degree in women’s and gender history from Sarah Lawrence College. Emilie enjoys helping humanities and social science researchers identify topics and improve all styles of academic writing. She especially enjoys assisting students in early planning stages of writing projects and with interdisciplinary writing. Emilie joined the writing lab as a McDougal/Poorvu Writing Fellow in 2018. Along with her work as a writing consultant, she has coordinated peer-review groups for master’s thesis and dissertation writers and taught workshops on writing and research topics. In addition to her dissertation, her current writing projects center on medical humanities, accessible pedagogy, and reproductive health.