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I study twentieth-century American literature through the lens of visual media that include film, photography, and other tech media. My research explores the rippling effects of slow violence via (neo)liberalism on displaced communities and the global environment and how literary and visual narratives can act as sites of social and environmental empowerment.

 

Research Interests

Environmental Humanities, Literature & Media, Cultural Geography, 20th-Century American Literature, Transnational American Studies, Life Narratives, Environmental Displacement, California and the West

 

Education

PhD English. University of California, Davis. 2021 - present. (In progress)

MA English Literature. San Francisco State University. 2020. (Master’s thesis: “Storied City: Disenchanting and Re-Enchanting the Myths of Los Angeles”)

BA Literatures in English and BA History, summa cum laude. University of California, San Diego. 2015.

 

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

ENL 182: Literature of California, Fall 2021

ENL 10B: Literatures in English II: 1700-1900, Winter 2022

ENL 155B: 19th Century British Novel, Spring 2022

ECS 188: Ethics in an Age of Technology, Summer 2022

 

Publications

“Didion’s Los Angeles: Dis-Enchanting the California Dream,” Interpretations: Journal of the SFSU Graduate Literature Association, May 2020.

“From Idol to God: Feminine Apotheosis in Mina Loy's ‘Parturition’,” Interpretations: Journal of the SFSU Graduate Literature Association, November 2019

“Hand in Hand,” Matchbox Magazine, Issue 9, 2015, pp. 71-74 (short fiction)

 

Conference Presentations

“Selves, Shelves, and Shells: The Supermarket as an Echo-Chamber of Postmodern Anxieties,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, November 2019.

“From Idol to God: Feminine Apotheosis in Mina Loy's ‘Parturition’,” SFSU English Department Conference, May 2019.

 

Websites

ePortfolio