Postdoctoral Associate
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of California Riverside, 2023
- M.A., English, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2017
- B.A., Secondary Education English and Mathematics, DePaul University, 2010
Courses Taught
- ENC 2305: The Rhetoric and Power of Anger
- ENC 3252: Writing for Strategic Communication
- ENC 3254: Nature Writing
- ENC3254: Professional Writing in the Disciplines
Pedagogical Interests
The use of close reading to aid in deeper analysis and exploration; using multiliteracies to expand analysis and writing skills beyond printed text to multimodal and nonverbal texts
Research Interests
The socio-cultural creation of space through literature and media; the rhetoric of wilderness in American culture; the nuances of language and translation in written and multimodal texts; the persistence of fairytale and folklore images, themes, and symbolism in pop-culture
Personal Interests
Writing fictional pieces; baking and cooking; travel
Best Writing Advice
Writing is not about big words or sounding smart. It is about learning how to express yourself, your thoughts, and ideas, as well as those of others, in a way that can be understood across disciplines, cultures, and beliefs.
Publications
- “Brer Rabbit’s Many-colored Coattails: Disrupting Settler-Colonial Fictions in in Joel Chandler Harris’s Uncle Remus Series.” Native South, Ed. Melanie B. Taylor, vol. 14, no. 1, 2021: pp. 93-113.
- “Transformative Force: Exploring Chag Lowry’s and Rahsan Ekedal’s Soldiers Unknown as a Textual Medicine Bundle.” The Journal of American Culture, Ed. Carl Sederholm, June 2021.
- “Sacrificing Healing: The Loss and resilience of Yurok Healing in Chag Lowry and Rahsan Ekedal’s Soldiers Unknown.” International Journal of Comic Art (IJOCA), ed. John A. Lent, vol. 22, no. 1, 2020.
- “Dancing in Circles: Fanonian and Benjaminian Violence in Sherman Alexie’s Flight.” Journal of American Culture, Ed. Carl Sederholm, vol 42, no. 2, 2019
- “Bishie Man or Woman, It Matters Not: Grotesque Resistance to Heteronormative Love in Yu Wo’s ½ Prince.” International Journal of Comic Art (IJOCA), ed. John A. Lent, vol. 20, no. 2, 2018, pp. 399- 422.
- “Not Just Any Ol’ Injun: Analysis of Louise Erdrich’s (Re)Appropriation and Alteration of Native American Stereotypes in Tracks.” Critical Insights: Inequality, edited by Kimberly Drake, Grey House Publishing, 2018.
- “In the Past the Devil Has Won: Analysis of Seishi Kishimoto's Satan and Savior in O-Parts Hunter.” International Journal of Comic Art (IJOCA), ed. John A. Lent, vol. 19, no. 2, 2017, pp. 124-147.
- “Savagely Sentimental: The Creation and Destruction of the Sentimental Indian in Lydia Maria Child's Hobomok.” Bold Women Write Back, special issue of eTropics, eds. Victoria Kuttainen and Ariella Van Luyn, vol. 16, no. 2, 2017, pp. 164-177.
- “I Will Not Bow: Analysis of the Feminine Refusal of Hegel’s Master-Slave dialectic in Inuyasha.” International Journal of Comic Art (IJOCA), ed. John A. Lent, vol. 18, no. 2, 2016, pp. 337-353.
- “A World Without Fathers: Patriarchy, Colonialism, and the Male Creator in Northwest
- Tribal Narratives.” American Indian Quarterly, Ed. Amanda J. Cobb-Greetham, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 342-73.
- Poem Published in With Honors, 2006
- Poem Published in A Celebration of Young Authors, 2006