Philip Grech is a Ph.D. candidate in English (Literature) student at Florida State University. He specializes in American literature and culture before 1900. His research interests include philosophy, social sciences, politics, protests, revolutions, insurgencies, affect theory, crowd theory, and psychoanalysis.

His article “The Science of Psychopathy and Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd'” was published in the Spring 2018 issue (vol. 19, no. 1) of The Edgar Allan Poe Review.

He has presented papers at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), Southern American Studies Association (SASA), How to Feel About Affect conference at the University of Florida, and others.

He teaches American Literature and composition courses. Phil has an MA in English from Florida State University and a BA in English and philosophy from Flagler College (St. Augustine, FL).