I’m a writer and grad student at Stanford
I am a writer and graduate student at Stanford University. I write about living as a student with chronic illnesses and invisible disabilities. I wrote my honors thesis on Female Illness in the Victorian Gothic and am working on a memoir about intergenerational trauma from surviving the Holocaust to critical illness to a mass shooting. I love horror films, YA novels and gluten free sweets!
Awards
Marie Louise Rosenberg Prize
June 2020 Stanford University English Department
An Award for my honors thesis: “Pain Has an Element of Blank: Interpretations of and Judgements on Female Illness in the Victorian Gothic
Taube Short Story Contest
May 2018 honor Taube Center for Jewish Studies
“What Was Lost: My Grandmother's Last Day in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia," won second place prize for the Taube Center for Jewish Studies short story contest.
Kennedy Jewish Studies Undergraduate Award
Jun 2017
Honored for thesis on Jewish life in Czechoslovakia before and during World War II
Lime Connect Fellowship Finalist
2015 Lime Connect
The Lime Connect Fellowship Program For Students with Disabilities is a program designed for highly accomplished rising juniors with disabilities.
Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing Finalist
2013 Stanford University
Finalist recognized for exceptional research and writing as an undergraduate.
Writing and Editing Experience
The Stanford Daily: Columnist
The Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Foundation: Summer Analyst
Watsi: Editorial, Marekting, and Content Intern
McSweeney’s: Publishing Intern
Contact me.
ehrlich.jen@gmail.com