Education
MAT in Secondary English Education
Queens College, 2020
MFA in Creative Writing
Chatham University, 2018
Certification in Pedagogy
MA in English
Northwestern University, 2015
Mellon Fellow in Critical Theatre and Performance Studies
Center for Civic Engagement Graduate Partner
BA in English
University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Magna Cum Laude with Honors
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Experience
Teacher, ELA
World View High School, 2019-present
Urban Teacher Resident, English
New Visions for Public Schools
& The Academy for Careers in Television and Film, 2018-2019
Instructor in English and Cultural Studies
& Assistant to the Director of First-Year Writing
Chatham University, 2016-2018
Education Programs Manager
Chicago Youth Shakespeare, 2015-2016
Graduate Instructor in English
Northwestern University, 2012-2015
Test Prep and After-School Instructor
Catalyst Prep and Eastern University Academy, 2010-2012
Program Assistant
Kelly Writers House, 2007-2010
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Presentations
"Feeling Fishy: Queer Affect in the Atlantic"
MLA 2016
"Marlowe Bites: Or, Toward a Queer Archive"
Newberry Library 2014
"'I Know No I': Encountering the Self in Richard II"
American Shakespeare Center 2012
"The Nature of Desire: Queer Readings of Gender in the Photography of Duane Michals"
Princeton University 2012
"Echoes Encountering Echoes: Derek Jarman and the Iconoclasm of the Image"
Duquesne University 2012
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Awards
2020 Pushcart Prize Special Mention
2018 Chatham Graduate Student Award for Creative Excellence
2018 Chatham MFA Best Hybrid Thesis Award
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Affiliations
Association of Writers and Writing Programs