Sebastian Williams, Ph.D.

Sebastian Williams earned his PhD from Purdue University in 2021. His research focuses on environmental and medical humanities, and he has published over a dozen scholarly articles and a book titled Modernist Parasites: Bioethics, Dependency, and Literature, post-1900 (Bloomsbury, 2023). He teaches courses on rhetoric, literature, and media, with a special emphasis on “place” and digital rhetoric (e.g., podcasts, videogames, A.I.). His teaching philosophy is structured on public engagement and civic responsibility, and he has won grants from the Modern Language Association (MLA) and Appalachian College Association (ACA) to support his pedagogy. Outside of academia, Williams was a professional copywriter and technical writer for several years, and he’s a native of Tiffin, OH. His full CV can be found here.