Curriculum Vitae
Last Updated: 11/21/2025
EDUCATION
PhD Louisiana State University, English Literature
2025 Dissertation: Bending the Canon: Evolving Forms of Graphic Adaptation
MA University of New Orleans, English Literature
2014 Thesis: Invincible: Legacy and Propaganda in Superhero Comics
BA University of Akron, English Literature
2012
PUBLICATIONS
“Albatrosses All the Way Down: Chaos and Corruption in Nick Hayes’ Rime of the Modern Mariner.” Framing Climate Crisis: Anthropocene Anxiety in Graphic Narratives. Ed. Arpan Mitra and Dr. Bidisha Kantha. DeGruyter Brill, Forthcoming Spring 2027.
“’The World Never Did Help a Smart Girl’: Hedge Bitches, Clickbait, and Magical Pedagogy in The Magicians.” The New Witches: Critical Essays on 21st Century Television Portrayals. Ed. Aaron K. H. Ho. North Carolina: McFarland, June 2021.
“Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame Review.” Journal of Comics and Graphic Novels. Published online 20 July 2020.
“Gorgeous New Menace: Black Widow, Gender Roles, and the Subversion of Cold War Expectations of Domesticity.” Ages of Iron Man: Essays on the Armored Avenger in Changing Times. Ed. Joseph J. Darowski. North Carolina: McFarland. January 2015.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Albatrosses All the Way Down: Chaos and Corruption in Nick Hayes’ Rime of the Modern Mariner.” Panel for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2025.
“Assessment Through Design and Dialogue.” Panel for New Mexico Higher Education Assessment and Retention Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2025.
“Albatrosses All the Way Down: Chaos and Corruption in Nick Hayes’ Rime of the Modern Mariner.” Panel for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association of the South Regional Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2023.
“Techno-Gods: Heartbeat Rhythms, Divine Dance Floors, and Religious Raves in Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s The Wicked + The Divine.” Panel for Annual Comics Studies Society Conference, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, August 2020. Conference Canceled.
“Ancient Grudge to New Mutiny: Transcultural and Intertextual Adaptation in Ronald Wimberly’s Prince of Cats.” Panel for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 2020. Conference Canceled.
“Dickensy Wickensy: Doctor Who, Charles Dickens, and a Timey Wimey Carol of Peril.” Panel for the Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2020.
“(de)Colonizing the Coven: Patriarchal Pedagogy and Subversive Spaces in Harry Potter, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and The Magicians.” Panel for the Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 2019.
“Ludic Lore: Player Composition and Levels of Narrative in Magic: The Gathering.” Lightspeed Academia: A Round of 5-Minute Scholarly Microtalk at Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 2019.
“‘This is a Good Place to Start’: Evolution and Revolution of Genre Conventions in Fatale and Pretty Deadly.” Panel for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 2019.
“Harley Quinn.” Panel for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June 2019.
“On Banning PowerPoints: Encouraging Interesting Presentations” with Anna McGill. Pedagogy Workshop for the University Writing Program at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April, 2019.
“Eldritch Women: Existential Masculine Anxiety in Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Fatale.” Panel for Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 2019.
“The Stage on the Page: The Representation of Greek Stagecraft in Matt Fraction and Christian Ward’s ODY-C.” Presentation for Fifth Annual Ancient Drama in Performance conference, Lynchburg, Virginia, October, 2018.
“All the World’s a Page: Trans-medial Adaptation in Comics and Graphic Novels.” Panel for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June, 2018.
“Dueling Club: Harry Potter Scholars Debate Canon, Controversies, and Creator.” Roundtable Discussion for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June, 2018.
“Gender-Bending the Classics: Reclaiming the Odyssey in ODY-C.” Panel for Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February, 2018.
“In Defense of Harley Quinn: The Importance of Unidealized Women in Pop Culture.” Panel for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, June, 2016.
“Gorgeous New Menace: Black Widow, Gender Roles, and the Subversion of Cold War Expectations of Domesticity.” Panel for Page 23 Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Denver, Colorado, May, 2015.
“Seen but Not Heard: Hawkeye, Semiotics, and Deaf Representation.” Panel for The 12th Annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, Gainesville, Florida, April, 2015.
“Stealth Heroines and Red Herring Protagonists in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim.” Panel for Pop Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South Regional Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 2014.
“The Divine Comedy of Swamp Thing: Dantean Influence in Alan Moore’s Saga of the Swamp Thing.” Panel for the Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 2014.
“Abandon Hope, Y’all Who Enter Here: Dante and Swamp Thing’s Parallel Journeys Through the Inferno.” Panel for the Rocky Mountain Comics Conference, Denver, Colorado, June, 2014.
“The Rape of Nightwing: Treatment of Male and Female Rape in Superhero Comics.” Panel for The 11th Annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, Gainesville, Florida, April, 2014.
PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP
Guest Co-Host, “PCA 2025: The After Show.” The Vox Popcast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, May 2025.
Guest Co-Host, “Glasses Off, Hair Down! The Magic of Movie Makeovers.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, March 2023.
Guest Co-Host, “Dune: How to Control the Spice & Influence People.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, November 2021.
Guest Co-Host, “The Wicked, the Witches and the Witch-ish.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, October 2021.
Guest Co-Host, “Deconstructing The Chair.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, August 2021.
Guest Co-Host, “CORONApocalypse 2020, Part Two.” The Deconstruction Workers Podcast with Dr. Christopher Bell, April 2020.
Guest Co-Host, “CORONApocalypse 2020, Part One.” The Deconstruction Workers Podcast with Dr. Christopher Bell, March 2020.
Guest Co-Host, “Cloak and Dagger.” The Deconstruction Workers Podcast with Dr. Christopher Bell, March 2019.
Guest Co-Host, “Problematic Christmas Songs.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, December 2018.
Guest Co-Host, “Reboots, Remakes, and Revivals.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, November 2018.
Guest Co-Host, “Fan-Fiction.” The Deconstruction Workers Podcast with Dr. Christopher Bell, September 2018.
Guest Co-Host, “Mythic Reboots.” The Vox PopCast with Dr. Christopher Maverick, July 2018.
Blog, “Dante and Swamp Thing’s Journey Through Purgatory.” The Artifice. 5 April 2015.
Blog, “Dante and Swamp Thing’s Journey Through Inferno.” The Artifice. 13 April 2014.
TEACHING
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2025-Present English Faculty
Classes Taught:
• Writing and Inquiry
• Early British Literature
• Modern British Literature
• Writing and Research in the Disciplines
• English Skills Support
University of New Mexico, Valencia Campus, Los Lunas, NM
2023-2025 English Instructor
Classes Taught:
• Developmental English
• Enhanced Composition
• Composition II
• Intermediate Composition – Topic: Fandom
• Intermediate Composition – Topic: Vampires
• Intermediate Composition – Topic: Taylor Swift
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2017-2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Classes Taught:
• English Composition I
• English Composition II
• English Composition II – Service Learning, Topic: Children’s Lit
• Literary Themes and Traditions – Topic: Intro to Comic Books
• Adolescent Literature
Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA
2016-2020 English Instructor
Classes Taught:
• Developmental Reading
• Developmental Writing
• Developmental English
• English Composition I
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
2016-2017 English Instructor
Classes Taught:
• English Composition I
• Developmental English – Corequisite Workshop
• English Composition II
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Online Teacher of the Year Award (Honorable Mention)
2025
Online Teacher of the Year Award Selection Committee
University of New Mexico
Give Thanks! Award
2024
Executive Leadership Team, Staff Association, and Faculty Assembly
University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus
PASOS Equity, Care, and Engagement Fellowship
2024-2025
PASOS Title V Resource Center
University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus
PASOS Equity, Care, and Engagement Fellowship
2023-2024
PASOS Title V Resource Center
University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus
Leadership Award
2020
English Graduate Student Association
Louisiana State University
Director of Graduate Studies Fellowship Award
2020
Graduate Studies
Louisiana State University
Engaged Educator Distinction
2018
University Writing Program
Louisiana State University
SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
Adjunct Faculty Committee Chair
2023-2025
University of New Mexico – Valencia Campus
Professionalization Co-Chair
2019-2020
English Graduate Student Association (LSU)
Mardi Gras Conference Organizer
2018-2019
English Graduate Student Association (LSU)