Pronouns she/her

 

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

 

 

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

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