Joel Morris is in the Ph.D. program in Comparative Literary Studies and German. Joel received his B.A. in Comparative Literature from Colorado College and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Colorado, and has also studied at University College Dublin, Universität Lüneburg, and Universität Regensburg. His interests include German literature and critical thought; art history/photography and issues concerning image and narrative; “modernism” in the 20th century novel and film; and 20th century Irish literature.