Dr. Carrie Hyde

Associate Professor

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Biography

Carrie Hyde is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at UCLA. Her research investigates the intricate relationships between U.S. literature, law, and politics, particularly during the long nineteenth century. She authored the book "Civic Longing: Speculative Origins of U.S. Citizenship," published by Harvard University Press in 2018, which explores the literary and cultural history of citizenship during the period leading up to the Fourteenth Amendment. In recognition of her contributions, she received the 2018 Gustave O. Arlt Award in Humanities. Hyde is currently engaged in several book projects, including an interdisciplinary examination of grievance politics titled "Injured Personhood: The Aggrieved Constitution of U.S. Rights" and a cultural history of fiction focusing on conspiracy and politics, tentatively titled "Dangerous Fictions: Conspiracy, Rumor, Plot Politics." She is an Editorial Board member of American Literature and an Advisory Board member of Nineteenth-Century Literature. Her research has been supported by various grants and fellowships from esteemed institutions like the American Council of Learned Societies and the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California Los Angeles

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:160
Analytical Writing
Required:5
Overall
Required:5
TOEFL
Total
Required:87
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Strong background in Economics and Mathematics
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.