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