Lorna McCarron is a PhD candidate in the Georgetown University German department. Her dissertation uses a material feminist lens to assess how corporeality is depicted in works of contemporary German-language literature that deal with the experiences of women, non-binary people, Black Germans, and people with disabilities. Her article “Therapists, Vending Machines, and Winding Roads: Race and Mental Health in Olivia Wenzel’s 1000 Serpentinen Angst,” which she worked on as a Georgetown University Medical Humanities Fellow, will appear in a forthcoming issue of the German Quarterly. Lorna served as the editorial assistant for Gegenwartsliteratur: Ein germanistisches Jahrbuch for two years and looks forward to assuming the role of graduate student representative to the German Studies Association in January 2025.