Dr. Andrew Gaedtke

Associate Professor

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Biography

Andrew Gaedtke is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Illinois University. His research specializes in British and Irish Modernism, Contemporary Fiction, Narratology, and Disability Studies. Gaedtke has a keen interest in Medical Humanities, the history of psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and cognitive science, along with media theory. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gaedtke has been recognized for his excellence in undergraduate teaching, receiving the Provost's Award and the College of LAS Dean's Award in 2020. He is also a recipient of the IPRH Faculty Fellowship and the Helen Corley Petit Scholar award. Gaedtke teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, emphasizing critical approaches to literature, the intersections of literature and medicine, and the diverse theoretical frameworks within modernism. His publications include 'Modernism Machinery Madness: Psychosis, Technology, Narrative Worlds' (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Research Interests

Awards

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Conrad Humanities Scholar

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Provost's Award

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College of LAS Dean's Award

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IPRH Faculty Fellowship

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Helen Corley Petit Scholar

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IPRH Prize Faculty Research

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IPRH Faculty Fellowship

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IPRH Prize Faculty Research

Courses

115 - Intro British Literature 213 - Modernism Modernity 219 - Literature Medicine 247 - Doppelgangers, Doubles, Divided Minds 300 - Literature War: Disability, Gender, Modernism 301 - Critical Approaches Literature 442 - British Literature 1930: Returns Repressed 500 - Intro Theory Research 543 - Minds Modernism 563 - Neurodiversity, Disability, Narrative 578 - Affect, Cognition, Human 593 - Proseminar: Teaching Undergraduate Literature

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
Application Checklist
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  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

GRE is optional for admission to all graduate programs in Statistics. Full status admission requires higher language scores than limited status.