Concentration: English

Where do you call home: Virginia Beach

Academic Building: Little Hall

Peter hails from the coast of Virginia. He’s an introvert but occasional performer, an amateur photographer of off-the-map locations, and a writer. As a certified scuba diver he’s swum with sharks and barracudas and found them to be delightful companions. His nieces and nephews describe him as a storyteller and voice-actor.

A Ph.D. Candidate in the department of English, Peter studies 18th and 19th century transatlantic literature on race, environment, theology, and speculation. His dissertation in progress, “Novel Spectres, Novel Selves: Speculative Fiction in the Nineteenth Century,” explores the influence of religion and racial politics in the development of science fiction as a literary genre. Prior to his current studies he attained masters degrees in divinity and literature. Ask him about Frankenstein, ghosts, demons, automatons, and artificial intelligence.