Rafaella Irene Silva

Graduate Admissions Outreach Manager

Rafaella Silva is the Graduate Admissions Outreach Manager for the English department.

In May 2024, she graduated from George Mason University with an MA in English: Cultural Studies. In 2020, she graduated from Florida State University with a BA in English: Editing, Writing, and Media and a minor in education. Her graduate research interests revolved around fan studies, queer studies, horror films, and internet media culture. During undergrad, she dedicated all possible classes to exploring literature from the American South. Rafaella was also the English MA Representative for GMU's Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA) for the 2022-2023 academic year. In her free time, she is probably hiding underneath a blanket watching campy horror movies with her cats Binx and Luna and her turtle Jon Snow.