Education
M.A., English Literature, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.A., English, Mount Holyoke College
Presentations
"Misogyny and the Incompetent Narrator in Samuel Beckett's The Dream of Fair to Middling Women" Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2017
“Mary Shelley Unbound: The Author as Character.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 18, 2016
“Unconquerable Women and The Quiet American.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 4, 2014.
“The Continuing Relevance of Dr. Moreau.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Rochester, NY, March 15, 2012.
“John Steinbeck’s To a God Unknown and the Puritan Imagination.” Northeast ModernLanguage Association Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, April 9, 2011.
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Panels Proposed and Chaired: “Mary Shelley, Pop Icon.” Explores Mary Shelley’s influence on and appearance in popular culture. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016.
“World War II Adaptations.” Explored film adaptations of books on World War II. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April, 2014.
Academic Interests
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Feminist Criticism
Film Adaptation of Literature