Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American, The Civil War, Westward Expansion, Women's studies, African-American studies, Native American studies
Historical Fiction, Narrative/Literary Nonfiction, Film: historical fiction, biopics, westerns. New Historicism, Narrative, Digital Humanities, Reader Response
Graduate Assistant at IUP
Transcriptionist
- Frank Yerby Short Stories, previously unpublished, Spring-Fall 2018
Research Assistant to Dr. Gail Berlin, Fall 2017
- Medieval Ditches
- Literary Metaphor
Education
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Literature and Criticism, expected graduation 2022
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, M Ed in Literacy, 2007 - Reading Specialist
Penn State University, BS in Secondary Education, 2001 - EnglishTeaching Experience
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- English 121 - Fall 2019
- English 101 - Spring 2020
Marion Center School District
- Reading Specialist, grades K-3
Forest Hills School District
- Reading Specialist, grades 10-12
- Reading Specialist, grades K-6
- ELA grade 7
Conemaugh Valley Jr./Sr. High
- Secondary English, grades 7-12; Journalism and Yearbook Co-Advisor