Postdoctoral Associate
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of Florida, 2023
- M.A., English, Kansas State University, 2017
- M.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 2014
- B.A., English, B.S., Mathematics, and B.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 2013
Courses Taught
- ENC 2305: Youth Literature and Culture
- ENC 2305: Sex in Youth Lit. & Culture
- ENC 3246: Professional Communication for Engineers
- ENC 3254: Writing in Gender Studies
Pedagogical Interests
The analysis and creation of multimodal texts like comics, podcasts, and other media; writing as a revisionary process
Research Interests
Children’s and Young Adult Literature; Comics and Graphic Novels; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Genre Studies; Consent
Personal Interests
I co-host the podcast Sex. Love. Literature., which examines depictions of romance and desire in pop culture. I also like to watch Korean dramas and do yoga.
Best Writing Advice
Set writing goals that are so small that you can’t help but meet them, even if that just means writing just one sentence or even a single word. Sometimes that’s all you need to get started, which can be the hardest part!
Publications
- “The Right to Resist: Childhood Agency in Julian Kulski’s World War II Diary.” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023, pp. 134-150.
- “Retributive and Restorative Justice in Kristin Cashore’s Graceling ” South Central Review, vol. 36, no. 2, 2019, pp. 95-113.
- “Contraception, Consent, and Community in Kristin Cashore’s Graceling ” The Lion and the Unicorn. vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 69-89.
- “A Conversation with Kristin Cashore.” With Kristin Cashore and Karin Westman. The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-107.