In this episode, we talk to Luciana Lilley about the American PhD system. How does it work? How much teaching is involved? What does the application process look like? And what are comps? Answers to all these questions in this week's interview! 

Luciana's bio: Luciana Lilley is an American doctoral candidate in English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro whose concentrations are 19th century British and American comparative literatures. Her areas of interest are explorations of literal and metaphorical cannibalism in texts, feministand embodiment theories, and women writers. She’s also a foodie and business owner of a mobile axe-throwing business called Great Axepectations.

Find Luciana's axe-throwing business here: FB and Instagram @greataxepectations, Twitter @axepectations.

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