Education:

BA, English and Women's Studies; The College of William and Mary (2008)

Research Interests:

19th-Century poetry; critical theories of race, sexuality, and gender; activism; literature of the U.S. Southeast; queer studies.

Designated Emphasis: Feminist Theory

Teaching Assistantships:

19th-Century American Literature to the Civil War

Introduction to Principles of Criticism

Narrative Form and "Natural" Feelings

Fellowships and Awards:

Summa Cum Laude, The College of William and Mary, 2008

Phi Beta Kappa, 2008

Conference Presentations

"On the Wings of Language: Authorial Construction, Gender Performance, and Images of Flight in the Poetry of Frances Sargent Osgood."  Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth Century Women Writers in Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, Oxford, England July 16-20, 2008, Harriet Beecher Stowe Society.