Contact Information
608 S. Wright St.
M/C 718
Urbana, IL 61801
M/C 718
Urbana, IL 61801
Lecturer
Research Interests
- Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
- Gender and Sexuality
- Women Writers
Research Description
My current book manuscript project explores the importance of singleness, celibacy, and asexuality to the development of early feminism in eighteenth-century British literature.
Education
- PhD English Literature, UIUC, 2023
- MA English Literature, UIUC, 2018
- BA English, Psychology, University of Alabama, 2015
Awards and Honors
- 2020 Peer Essay Prize
- 2020 Ruth Schurman Brookens Graduate Award for Demonstrated Excellence in the Teaching of First-Year Writing
- 2019 English Department Undergraduate Literature Teaching Award
Courses Taught
- ENGL 206: Enlightenment Literature and Culture (Instructor)
- ENGL 115: Intro to British Literature (Instructor)
- ENGL 209: British Literature to 1800 (TA)
- RHET 105: Research and Writing (Instructor)