Suddenly Alumni
Elena Corrigan | Contributing Faculty
Dr. Glazov-Corrigan, born in Moscow, was forced to leave her country when her family was stripped of Soviet citizenship during the Nixon era, yet became in time a scholar and teacher, specializing in Russian and Comparative literature as well as literary theory. Dr. Glazov-Corrigan is currently the director of Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies at Emory University. Her forthcoming book is Apocalyptic Aesthetic: the Transformation of Boris Pasternak’s Prose, to be submitted to Ohio State University Press.
Kevin Corrigan | Contributing Faculty
Dr. Corrigan is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities at Emory University. He is one of the leading Platonic scholars of the world, yet his research interests encompass Classics, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Patristics and Literature. Dr. Corrigan’s most recent book is A Less Familiar Plato: From Phaedo to Philebus, Cambridge University Press in a new series Platonism and Religion, 2023.
Elena Vallis | Editor in Chief through Spring, 2026
Elena graduated as an English and philosophy double major (class of 2026). Outside of Suddenly, she was a consultant at the Emory Writing Center, an associate editor for In Via, and fellowship chair for OCF (Orthodox Christian Fellowship), as well as a member of University Chorus. Elena now lives in the Atlanta area working in Human Resources.
Sophie Bannon | Associate Editor, Communications Specialist through 2026
Sophie graduated as a philosophy and Spanish double major on the pre-law track (class of 2026). Outside of her majors, she loves taking English literature courses and creative writing workshops, and is a frequent member of the latinx pre-law society, club tennis, and OCF (Orthodox Christian Fellowship). She loves reading classics, spending quality time with friends, and drawing. She also fully intends on being a poet after her career as a lawyer…
Chris Pocharski | Associate Editor through 2026
Chris graduated in English & Creative Writing | Computer Science double major. When he’s not scrambling to type sonically pleasing sentences into his Notes app, he can be found paging through Hegel or rolling terribly in TTRPGs. He also enjoys skiing, swimming, and beating Salem traffic — all owed to growing up in New England. He always welcomes pictures of his home-state, Massachusetts.