Christian GallichioPostdoctoral Teaching Fellow

Christian Gallichio is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Emory’s Writing Program.He currently teaches First-Year Writing. Originally from Connecticut, Christian received his BA in English from Eastern Connecticut State University and his MA in English at the University of Massachusetts - Boston. After having taught in secondary education throughout the Boston area, he received his PhD in English Literature at the University of Georgia, where he taught First-Year Writing and Literature courses. His primary research is in transatlantic nineteenth century fiction and its literary adaptations. His dissertation focused on the afterlives of Puritan rhetoric in Victorian Christmas fiction and poetry, arguing that conversion was a key component to the birth of modern holiday celebration.