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Education
Spring 2024–Present
PhD, Literary Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of English
Doctoral Minor: Communication Arts
Dissertation: Latinx Released (tentative title)
Committee: Dr. Ramzi Fawaz (Chair), Dr. Sarah Ann Wells, Dr. ingrid diran
Preliminary Exams Completed: December 2024
Fall 2021–Fall 2023
MA, Literary Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of English
Spring 2021
MA, English Literature
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Graduate Certificate: Africana Studies
Spring 2014
BA, Interdisciplinary Studies
North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC
Concentrations: English Literature and Psychology
Research & Scholarship
In Progress
Latinx Released
Dissertation. Examines Latinx and American culture of the twenty-first century and the transformation of Latinidad as a structure of feeling.
Conference Papers & Presentations
Spring 2026
“Reading, Remediating, and Rewriting America: Latinx Children’s Picture Books in the 21st Century”
MELUS Conference (Accepted)
Spring 2026
“Politics in Contemporary Cultural Production”
Panel Chair — Midwest Undergraduate Conference on the Humanities
Spring 2025
“Methodology of the Obsessed”
Panelist — MELUS Conference, Austin, TX
Spring 2025
“Correcting the Narrative”
Panel Chair — Madison Undergraduate Conference on the Humanities
Spring 2024
“Methodology of the Obsessed”
Panelist — Popular Culture Association Conference
Spring 2023
“Alterity and Interiority”
Panel Chair — UW-Madison MadLit Conference
Spring 2023
“Excavating Forms of Life: Place-as-Knowing in Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Sabrina & Corina and ‘Sugar Babies’”
Panelist — Latinx/o/a Literary Studies Conference
Spring 2022
“Ghostly Presents / Material Pasts: A Gothic Reading of Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric”
Panelist — UW-Madison MadLit Conference
Spring 2021
“Most Young King(s) Get Their Head(s) Cut Off”: Kevin Young’s Mimetic Ekphrasis…
Panelist — MELUS Conference
Spring 2021
“Networks of Violence Establishing Identity: Town Gossip and Roles of Difference in Toni Morrison’s Sula and Jazz”
Panelist — EGSA Graduate Conference, UNC Charlotte
Spring 2021
“Adaptability, Motion, and Identity: Identification in Sandra Cisneros’s ‘Woman Hollering Creek’”
Panelist — NeMLA Conference
Spring 2020
“Adaptability, Motion, and Identity”
Panelist — EGSA Graduate Conference, UNC Charlotte
Spring 2020
“Sex, Gender, and Violence”
Panel Chair — EGSA Graduate Conference, UNC Charlotte
Teaching Experience
Nov 2025
Guest Lecturer — English 144: The Art of African Feminist Writing
UW-Madison
Fall 2025–Spring 2026
Literary Studies Teaching Assistant
UW-Madison — English 144: African Feminisms; English 242: 18th Century to the Present
Summer–Fall 2025
Non-Section Teaching Assistant — English 176: Visual Storytelling
UW-Madison (asynchronous)
Spring 2024
Chica@/Latin@ Studies Teaching Assistant — CHICLA 102
UW-Madison, Department of Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
Fall 2022–Fall 2023
Literary Studies Teaching Assistant
UW-Madison — English 144: African Feminisms; English 178: Social Media Writing; English 153: Planetary Humanities
Fall 2020–Spring 2021
English Teaching Assistant
UNC Charlotte — Approaches to Literature; Science, Technology, and Culture
Administrative & Leadership Positions
Fall 2025–Spring 2026
Lead TA / TA Liaison
Department of English, UW-Madison
Fall 2024–Spring 2026
Assistant Director of Literature TA Training
Department of English, UW-Madison
Spring 2025
Non-Section TA Position Developer
Department of English, UW-Madison
Fall 2023–Spring 2025
English Course Coordinator
Department of English, UW-Madison
May 2023–Feb 2024
Editorial Project Assistant — LatinxTalk
UW-Madison (Remote) — Online peer-reviewed scholarly platform for Latinx studies research
Summer 2023
Assistant Course Developer — English 178: Social Media Writing
Department of English, UW-Madison
Public Humanities
Summer 2024–Summer 2025
Project Assistant & Podcast Producer — Holding History
UW-Madison — Public humanities program founded by Dr. Joshua Calhoun and Sarah Marty
Organized events; managed social media and website; wrote blog articles; mentored undergraduates. Produced Season 3 of the Holding History Podcast: “AI & the Archives.”
holdinghistory.org ↗
Ongoing
Recurring Guest — Marvel Cinematic University Podcast
Spotify ↗ · Apple Podcasts ↗
Service & Community
Fall 2025–Present
Literary Studies Graduate Representative
Department of English, UW-Madison
Advocacy for Literary Studies graduate students; committee member on the Literary Studies Steering Committee; liaison between graduate students and faculty/administration.
Fall 2023–Spring 2025
Graduate Student Association President
Department of English, UW-Madison
Organized interdepartmental events; primary mentor for incoming cohorts; organized annual MadLit graduate conference.
Fellowships, Awards & Honors
2021
Herschel and Cornelia Everett First Year Master's Fellowship
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013–2014
Bielecki-Willard Interdisciplinary Studies Award — Student of the Year
North Greenville University
Multiple years
Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
Languages
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
Spanish
Full professional proficiency