Michelle Aitken is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Philosophy where she primarily focuses on teaching English Composition. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts in English and Master of Liberal Arts with an English focus from AUM. She started teaching as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in 2019, before transitioning to her full-time Lecturer role in 2022. Her speciality is Gothic Lit and Dark Romanticism, with a specific focus on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. She also has a vested interest in Queer Studies. Additionally, she enjoys editorial work and has served in several editorial positions over the years, starting as a student editor on the Filibuster (now Common Thread). Since 2018, she’s worked as an Assistant Editor on Thirteen Bridges Review (formerly THAT Literary Review). She was also selected as an HHMI summer fellow in 2024.