publications

lectures

“What Is This?”

Understanding the Essay, Lyric and Beyond

people like to put things in boxes, but what happens when a piece of writing doesn’t quite fit in one, smooth-edged box? we looked at selections from renowned lyric essayists and other surprising pieces of work to challenge our understanding of an essay using claudia rankine’s citizen: an american lyric.

“The Foundation of Domestic Feminism”

Self-Improvement in the Women’s Literary Union of Portland, Maine”

based on research into the donated historical documents of the women’s literary union of portland to the maine historical society, how were the strings of domestic feminism and self-improvement remained intertwined through the late 19th century into the 21st century?

honors & awards

SLICE Magazine

Pennsylvania State University

  • Recipient of the Undergraduate Summer Discovery Grant, May 2013

  • Recipient of the James Cranage Poetry Award, Honorable Mention, May 2013

  • Recipient of the Katey Lehman Creative Writing Award for Poetry, 1st place, May 2012

teaching

Stonecoast MFA Program

TEACHING ASSISTANT

I delivered the above lecture, “What Is This?” and co-facilitated the 4-day workshop session for the Summer 2017 residency at the Stonecoast MFA program, affiliated with the University of Southern Maine.

Austin Bat Cave

Volunteer Writing Teacher at the Phoenix House Academy

nontraditional nonfiction writing, focusing on the lyric essay, workshop readings included nonfiction and poetry by female writers such as elizabeth bishop and jenny boully.