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Aaron Witcher earned his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 2022, where his dissertation explored poetic afterlives of marronage, defined as the act of enslaved individuals fleeing plantation spaces. His research specifically investigated how contemporary writers from Martinique draw inspiration from the performative dynamics of marronage—such as flight, cultural adaptation, memory, and camouflage—and how they 'translate' these experiences into decolonial poetics. Over the years of his doctoral studies, Aaron has also worked at Wake Forest University and Elon University in North Carolina, focusing on language acquisition theory and developing communicative approaches to language learning. This focus continues to be an important aspect of his work at the University of Texas at Austin.
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