Kristina Oakes

Professorial Lecturer
Department of Literature

• Kristina Kasik Oakes earned her MA from Boston College and her BA from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to teaching at AU she taught high school English in Central Virginia and writing at Central Virginia Community College. Her academic interests focus on the creation of the self in writing and the exploration of how writing unlocks the inner psyche. Her personal interests revolve primarily around her two young children and husband. In the little time left for herself, she enjoys quilting, watching trashy TV dramas, and reading contemporary fiction.

• Degrees

  MA, Boston College