Resume

Education

2021-present

Master of Arts: English, Literature and Literary Theory, expected May 2024

2016-2020

Bachelor of Arts with Highest Distinction: English Creative Writing (with honors), Political Science, Communication Studies (with honors)

GPA: 3.99
University Honors Program
Dean’s List (8 semesters)
Global Awareness Certificate
Study Abroad: British Summer Institute (England and Scotland), London Review, Travel Writing in Costa Rica

Fall 2021-present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Taught two sections of ENGL 101 as lead instructor, focusing on rhetoric and rhetorical strategies. Students were expected to complete four major writing projects as well as several low-stakes writing assignments.

Fall 2021-present

Managing Editor & Nonfiction Editor

Managed email correspondence and contracts for authors and artists, helped select pieces for publication, copyedited pieces before publication.

Spring 2020

Online Course Design Assistant

Researched online course design, fanfiction, and fanfiction scholarship; met with department chair to discuss course content and delivery; worked with online course delivery platform to design course (ENGL 329: Fanfiction)

Spring 2017-Spring 2020

Editor, Editor in Chief

Led literature staff, created submission parameters, created cohesive themes for issues, judged and organized submissions, helped develop and oversee judging system, wrote promotional material, assisted with writing workshops, procured funding.

Spring 2019-Spring 2020

Opinion Columnist

Wrote bi-weekly columns of 400-800 words discussing current events and campus issues to be published in campus newspaper.

Fall 2018, Fall 2019

Seminar Assistant

Led small group writing workshops, taught lesson on fiction writing, assisted with student advising for enrollment, organized class reading for Honors Symposium.

Summer 2019-Spring 2020

Peer Advisor

Assisted with summer orientation, including advising students on major changes and transfer credit. During fall semester, staffed office front desk, answered phone calls and emails, assisted with office work, served as drop-in advisor.

Transformative Works and Cultures
- Article “Teaching fan fiction: Affect and analysis” (co-authored with Dr. Katie Conrad) published March 2021.
Undergraduate Research Journal for the Humanities
- Article “’The Rivalry is Hot:’ Shakespeare, Harry Potter, and the Magic of Fanfiction” published July 2020.
Kiosk Magazine
- Nonfiction essay “The Boulder” published June 2020.
English Department Outstanding Senior Award
- Awarded Spring 2020.
John F. Eberhardt Excellence in Writing Award
- Awarded by KU English department to dual majors in English. First place awarded Spring 2020.
The Thomas J. O’Donnell Award in Creative Nonfiction
- Awarded by KU English department. Third place awarded Spring 2020.
The Maxwell Nature Writing Contest
- Awarded by KU English department. Third place awarded Spring 2020.
Helen Rhoda Hoopes Award
- Awarded by KU English department for best essay submitted in fulfillment of a regular class assignment. Second place awarded Spring 2018. First place awarded Spring 2019.
Edgar Wolfe Award in Fiction
- Awarded by KU English department for best short story. First place awarded Spring 2017.