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I turned down CUNY today.

I've turned down Nebraska

I’ll be there!! Looking forward to meeting you!

I've listed some books below. One thing that should be useful to you is that animal studies as a theory draws heavily from philosophy. Some of these are fiction and some of these are theoretical texts. You'll want to also research posthumanism, new materialism, and objected oriented ontology, as those fields intersect/stem from animal studies (among other disciplines). I also really enjoy the Knowing Animals podcast. Richard Adams, Plague Dogs T.C. Boyle, When the Killing’s Done, Sue Coe, Dead Meat J. M Coetzee, The Lives of Animals J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace Olaf Stapledon, Sirius Derrida, “’Eating Well’ or the Calculation of the Subject” Levinas, “The Name of a Dog” Giles Deleuze, "Becoming Animal" (in a number of their writings but I *think" in Thousand Plateaus) Derek Ryan, Animal Theory: A Critical Introduction Jacques Derrida, The Animal That Therefore I Am Giorgio Agamben, The Open: Man and Animal Haraway, When Species Meet Cary Wolfe, Animal Rites Mel Y. Chen, Animacies Wolfe, What is Posthumanism? Wolfe, ed. Zoontologies Akira Lipitz, The Electric Animal Peter Singer, Animal Liberation Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, Zoopolis Chris Philo, “Animals, Geography, and the City: Inclusions and Exclusions” Anat Pik, Creaturely Poetics Gary Francione, Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach Colin Dayan, The Law is a White Dog Lindgren Johnson, Race Matters, Animal Matters: Fugitive Humanism in African America Bénédicte Boisseron, Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question Neel Ahuja, Bioinsecurities: Disease Interventions, Empire, and the Government of Species There's plenty more so if you like any of these and want additional recommendations, or decide to go in a particular direction, just message me. Also, one thing that made sense to me when picking my literary time period (I do 19-20c American lit) was when a professor said that she enjoyed all literature but she wrote her best work and enjoyed writing about early American texts. So, just see what you feel drawn to with literary analysis and that should help you narrow down an area.

I haven’t. It seems like they’re still notifying people though.

If you enjoy literature with an animal rights angle, you might try looking into critical animal studies or even the environmental humanities more broadly. I’d also add that it may be good to start with thinking about what interests you personally and see if those interests connect theoretically anywhere. I’ve always been engaged with animal advocacy so it made sense for me to end up in animal studies. I know others have had different experiences, but this seems like a pretty basic starting point. It also may help fight against becoming “burned out” later.

I really love the Knowing Animals podcast that discusses animal studies.

Thanks for the info!

Lol oops!! I must be wrong then!! Not sure where I remember that from, thanks for clearing it up!!

That is so exciting!!! Congrats! Also, was it by phone or email?

Ohh okay! That makes it much easier!! You could try that and you might also ask the DGS to clarify?

I think if you’re just sharing the information with your advisor/mentor then that’s okay. It’s important, in my opinion, to take funding offers into consideration when deciding between programs. After all, you do have to live there for several years and need to be able to support yourself. That said, some larger offers are also in relation to a much higher cost of living in a particular area. You could also try talking to current graduate students about cost of living, without, of course, revealing what you’ve been offered. I’d imagine they could give you a much more accurate understanding of how far your stipend will go.

I’d say funding and job placement are the reasons programs admit very small cohorts now.

Thanks! No, they didn’t but I feel like I’ve heard CUNY admits a rather large cohort, somewhere around 20 students. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. Also, I received a personal email from a professor at 9:18pm CST so I think it’s fair to assume they are notifying individually, at various times. Fingers crossed for you!! Good luck!

Woke up to an acceptance from CUNY!

I had to submit mine twice earlier!

Great news! Congrats!!

@bpilgrim89 I've been waitlisted at Michigan this morning and they are definitely a top choice for me. However, the email said to respond to the graduate program manager rather than the DGS. Do you have any advice on how to handle this? Should I respond in the same way I would to the DGS? I've emailed my advisors to ask them as well but thought you might have some additional information.

I'm waitlisted too! At least we got something though

Waitlisted at Michigan! I'm excited and disappointed at the same time. lol

Good luck!!

In my experience, they have just wanted to personally say congratulations and tell me a little bit about the program. I did look around the department web site and at my letter (if I'd received one at the time) and come up with some questions (2-3) to ask. It depends on the program, but I asked about summer research opportunities and how teaching works (in relation to job placement) on one call, as an example. I'm thinking asking about the area in which the school is located would be a good question as well. I'm also awkward on the phone but they weren't too bad!

My last season I was accepted into Nevada's MA program, unfunded. I did contact them and let them know I was interested, however, I had to have funding. I contacted the DGS. While they did not give me full funding, they did pull some strings and come up with some funding. In the end, when I was deciding between programs, I contacted my current program and let them know I'd received a higher offer elsewhere but was interested. They gave me several thousand dollars more. So, for me, it was useful and other people I know also negotiated to get higher offers. I think it's best to just talk to your advisors about how to navigate particular programs and to talk to the DGS of where you've applied (rather than professors who have no power over funding).

The good (bad?) news is that since a professor called, notifications could come at any time, over a period of days, I'd imagine. lol also I feel the same about my sop since they were my earliest as well!

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