Bio
Jack Bernardi returned to his alma mater to pursue the REL MA after earning a BS in pure mathematics in 2017. In 2019-20 Jack held the prestigious Graduate Council Fellowship and served as a half-time in Fall 2019 as a graduate teaching assistant for American studies. For 2020-21 he held the position of graduate research assistant to the American Examples initiative in the Department. He graduated with his MA in May 2021 and begins his funded PhD in the fall of 2021 at Virginia Tech, in its interdisciplinary Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) program.