EDUCATION
PhD in English, Creative Writing, 2025 [expected]
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
GPA 4.0
Dissertation: [sic]: A Critical Memoir on American Memory and Memorialization
Committee: Margaret Lazarus Dean (chair), Iliana Rocha (co-chair), Eleni Palis, Tamar Shirinian
Cinema Studies, Graduate Certificate
Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Comprehensive Exam, Pass with Distinction
The Novel, Comprehensive Exam
MFA in Creative Writing, 2019
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Thesis: Body Mechanics, Fiction
GPA 4.0
BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing, 2009
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Thesis: Forget Why We Left Here, Fiction
Cum Laude
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARSHIP
“The Blair Witch Project: Metatextual Layers of Subverting the Female Gaze.” CINEJ Cinema Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, Oct. 2023, pp. 240-57, doi:10.5195/cinej.2023.471.
PROSE and POETRY
“Mother, A Digital Triptych.” Arcturus: Chicago Review of Books, Winter 2022. Web.
“Personal History.” The Journal, Spring 2020. Web.
“Soft Boiled.” New Letters, Vol 85, No 1, Fall 2019. Print.
“You, Soldier, and Others.” Fugue Journal, 2017. Web.
FILMS
Lineage of My Throat. Videographer, Documentary Short on festival circuit (2023).
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
If You See Her. Rareworks Theatre, Boston, MA (2009). Playwright.
ARTICLES & ESSAYS
“Understanding the Fragmentary Nature of Flights: An interview with Olga Tokarczuk.” Consequence Magazine. (Vol. 11 Spring 19). Print & Web.
“2001: A Space Odyssey, 50 Years Later.” Atticus Review. (June ‘18). Web.
FILM REVIEWS
“Is It Time to Give Up Tarantino?” Atticus Review. (July ‘19). Web.
“Perfect Feel-Good Horror” Atticus Review. (July ‘19). Web.
“The High Life of Low Lifes” Atticus Review. (April ‘19). Web.
“A Romance With Shifting Borders” Atticus Review. (Feb ‘19). Web.
“A Blockbuster Heist With Arthouse Bones” Atticus Review. (Nov ‘18). Web.
“Mid90s Brings Back More Than Just Nostalgia” Atticus Review. (Nov ‘18). Web.
“First Man Is #ProudtobeanAmerican.” Atticus Review. (Oct ‘18). Web.
“Glenn Close Saves The Wife.” Atticus Review. (Sept ‘18). Web.
“2001: A Space Odyssey, 50 Years Later.” Atticus Review. (June ‘18). Web.
“Meticulous Reinvention” Atticus Review. (May ‘18). Web.
“All Brain, No Heart: A Review of You Were Never Really Here.” Atticus Review. (April ‘18). Web.
“Call Me By Your Name: A Deeply Felt Elegy On First Love.” Atticus Review. (Jan ‘18). Web.
“A Vortex of American Hate: A Review of Three Billboards.” Atticus Review. (Dec ‘17). Web.
“Many Forms of Justice: A Critique of Cinema After A Year of Trump.” Atticus Review. (Nov ‘17). Web.
“Blade Runner 2049 Is No Replicant.” Atticus Review. (Oct ‘17). Web.
“A Hollow Crescendo of Surrealist Mania: A Review of Mother!.” Atticus Review. (Sept ‘17). Web.
“Nolan’s Modernist Masterpiece: A Review of Dunkirk.” Atticus Review. (July ‘17). Web.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2019 – present)
COURSES:
- CNST 365/ ENGL 365: Writing the Screenplay (Fall 23, Spring 25)
- CNST 281/ ENGL 281: Introduction to Film Studies (Fall 22)
- ENGL 364: Intermediate Creative Writing, Fiction (Spring 24)
- ENGL 102: Comp II: Race and Gender in Pop Culture (Spring 21)
- ENGL 102: Comp II: Race, Gender, and the Role of Adaptation in HBO’s “Watchmen” (Spring 22/ Summer 22)
- ENGL 102: Comp II: The Black Horror Film (Fall/Spring 23/24)
- ENGL 102: Comp II: The Myth of the Western Frontier (Summer 20)
- ENGL 101: Composition I (Fall 19 / Fall 20 / Summer 21/ Fall 21, Fall24)
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (2017 – 2019)
COURSES:
- ENGL 210: Introduction to Creative Writing, multi-genre (Fall 18 / Spring 19)
- ENGL 273: The Art of Fiction: The Unreliability of Narrative (Fall 17 / Spring 18)
Research Interests
Adaptation, American Literature and Cinema, Critical Race Studies, Digital Poetics, Essay Film, Feminist Literature and Film, Found-Footage Film, Historiography, Metanarrative, Narratology, The Novel, Postmodernism, Posthumanism, Queer Theory.
AWARDS & HONORS
2022 Hodges Excellence in Teaching Award, graduate winner
2021 UTK Creative Writing Award in Fiction, 1st place, “Bootstraps, Pull Yourself Up.” Judge: Caleb Johnson
2021 UTK Creative Writing Award in Poetry, 1st place, “Mother, A Digital Triptych.” Judge: Emily Skaja
2021 SWPACA PostScript Award in Film Studies, ‘Blair Witch Project: Metatextual Subverting of the Female Gaze.‘
2021 Hodges Excellence in Teaching Award, finalist
2021 Hodges Scholarship Award, nominee, ‘BWP: Metatextual Subverting of the Female Gaze.‘
2020 Hodges Scholarship Award, nominee, ‘A Mercy: Rewriting Historical Trauma.’
2020 John Hurt Fisher Research Assistantship, recipient
2019 O. Henry Short Story Prize, nominee, “Soft Boiled.”
2018 New Letters Prize For Fiction, runner up, “Soft Boiled.”
Senior Writing Award of Distinction in Dramatic Writing, Emerson College, 2010
Dean’s List, Emerson College, Spring 09 – Fall 09
Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society, 2007
Dean’s List, Hofstra University, Fall 06 – Spring 07
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
‘[sic]: Archiveology as a Feminist Theory of Narrative in Practice.’ CWWA Panel “Feminist Redux.” Autotheory Conference: Thinking Through Self, Body, and Practice. Univ of Glasgow, UK (2022). Panelist.
‘Crafting A Conference Abstract.’ UTK, Knoxville, TN (2021). English Department Panelist.
‘The Blair Witch Project: Metatextual Subverting of the Female Gaze.‘ Cinematic Horror: Sound, Vision, and Spectatorship Panel. Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference (2021). Panelist. [won best grad conference paper]
‘A Mercy Offered By Morrison: Rewriting Historical Trauma.’ SSAWW Panel “Morrison and Her Legacy.”
ALA Conference. Boston, MA (2021). Panelist.
‘Irrevocable Conditions.’ In A Speculative Light Conference: Baldwin and Delaney Symposium.
UTK, Knoxville, TN (2020). Moderator.
FILM FESTIVALS
Lineage of My Throat. TIIFF Tennessee International Indie Film Festival (2023 selection)
Lineage of My Throat. Frozen Film Festival. San Francisco, CA (2023 selection)
CREATIVE READINGS
UTK Creative Writing Awards, Knoxville, TN (2021). Reader.
UTK AWP Offsite Reading. Freetail Brewing Co, San Antonio, TX (2020). Reader. [COVID canceled]
Vanderbilt Reading Series. Barnes & Noble, Nashville, TN (2020). Reader.
Breakwater Reading Series. Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA (2017, 2018, 2019). Reader.
Write On The Dot. Dorchester, MA (2017, 2018, 2019). Reader.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDITORIAL
Assistant Fiction Editor, Grist Literary Journal (2019 – 2020)
Editor-In-Chief, Breakwater Review Literary Magazine (2017 – 2019)
Staff Contributor, Atticus Review Literary Magazine (2017 – 2020)
Fiction Editor, Gangsters In Concrete Literary Magazine at Emerson College (2007 – 2009)
Assistant Editor, Font Literary Magazine at Hofstra University (2006 – 2007)
SERVICE
UTK Composition Committee Member (2022). Graduate Chair.
Young Writers Institute. Knoxville, TN (2020 – present). Teacher Volunteer.
UTK Undergraduate Creative Writing Awards. UTK, Knoxville, TN (2020). Nonfiction Judge.
Breakwater Reading Series. Brookline Booksmith, Boston, MA (2016 – 19). Host.
Writing and Publishing Poetry. UMass, Boston, MA (2018). Editorial Panelist.
So I Have An MFA, Now What? UMass, Boston, MA (2018). Panel Moderator.
826 Boston. Jamaica Plains, MA (2018 – 2019). Tutor and Editorial Volunteer.
UMass Six Word Story Contest. UMass, Boston, MA (2018). Fiction Judge.
SKILLS
Languages: Spanish, basic reading skills.
Digital: Basic HTML, Python, Wix, Squarespace, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, InDesign, Canvas, Blackboard, Schoology, Zoom, Slack, and Google Drive; Strong typing, internet research, and social media skills
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