Anick S. Rolland holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Critical Theory from The Graduate Center, CUNY and is Associate Registrar.

While studying at The Graduate Center, I also also earned an M.Phil. and an M.A. in Comparative Literature. I completed my B.A. in English, with honors, at San Diego State University.

My research explores the history of high and low aesthetic forms as they relate to the late nineteenth-century novel and tragedy, facilitating our understanding of and circumscribing nineteenth-century epistemological crises in the popular imagination of a mass reading public. My areas of specialization are the nineteenth-century novel, novel theory, critical theory, gender and sexuality studies, and the philosophy and poetics of tragedy.

In the classroom, I seek to connect students to the fundamental issues we face as human beings which draw us together through our shared vulnerabilities. I do this by teaching students to become close readers and critically alert writers. I have taught at NYU as well as several CUNY colleges including Baruch College, The City College of New York, and Hunter College. I have also worked as a Writing Fellow at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, as a Communication Fellow at the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, and as an Instructional Technology Assistant at CUNY School of Professional Studies.