Curriculum Vita
Updated 27 April 2017
Degrees
Ph.D. in English, Saint Louis University. In progress.
Concentrations in Irish and Victorian Literature
Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies
M.A. in English, Mississippi State University. 2014.
Master’s Thesis: “‘Shadow of My Mind’: Women and Nationalism in James Joyce’s Fiction”
B.A. in English, Cum Laude, Middle Tennessee State University. 2011.
Minor in Theatre
additional education
Study Abroad in Galway, Ireland (University of Nevada, Reno). 2010.
Program in Irish Studies
Education
Teaching
Instructor of Record, Saint Louis University. 2015-present.
Courses taught:
ENGL 2550/ WGST 2550 Gender, Identity and Literature
ENGL 2650 Technology, Media and Literature
ENGL 1900 Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research
Lecturer, Mississippi State University. 2014-2015.
Courses taught:
EN 1103 English Composition I
EN 1113 English Composition II
Additional tasks:
Tutoring in Campus Writing Center
Instructor of Record, Mississippi State University. 2012-2014.
Courses taught:
EN 0103 Basic English Composition (Developmental English)
EN 1103 English Composition I
EN 1113 English Composition II
Research & Administrative
Program Assistant, Undergraduate Studies, Saint Louis University. 2015-present.
Co-collated and formatted Course Description Booklets; created fliers for the Undergraduate Program page on the Department website and the Course Description Booklet; created and designed a teaching commons website for introductory literature courses; organized applications for undergraduate awards; assisted with paperwork for curricular and course changes.
Research Assistant, Prof. Andrea Spain, Mississippi State University. 2013-2014.
Compiled reviews of scholarship for various articles on postcolonial literature; facilitated and co-taught one session of a seminar while Dr. Spain was in South Africa for a conference.
Research Assistant, Prof. Robert West, Mississippi State University. 2012-2013.
Assisted with transcription, compilation, and editing of The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons; assisted with the University’s application for a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 2012.
Professional Appointments
Conference Presentations
"Keeping Time: Irish Folk Music, Preservation, and Innovation in The Shaughraun." North American Victorian Studies Conference. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Invited to present November 2017.
"Dramatic Irony: Audience Collaboration and The Playboy of the Western World." American Conference for Irish Studies. University of Missouri, Kansas City. March 2017.
“Seaming Silences: Needled Soundscapes and The Rise of the New Woman Writer.” North American Victorian Studies Association. Arizona State University. November 2016.
“‘Against the Despotism of Fact’: Empire, Identity, and Form in The Picture of Dorian Gray.” American Conference for Irish Studies. Notre Dame University. April 2016
“Navigating the Rapids: Confronting Change in River of Earth, As I Lay Dying, and A Streetcar Named Desire.” Mississippi Philological Association Conference. Mississippi State University. February 2014.
“‘A Server of a Servant’: Stephen Dedalus’s Three Masters and the Morrigna.” Isom Student Gender Conference. University of Mississippi. March 2013.
other research activities
“What Do We Do About David Lurie?: A Review of Scholarship on Coetzee’s Disgrace.” Invited Talk. Studies in Postcolonial Literatures: Gender, Reconciliation and South Africa in Transition. Department of English. Mississippi State University. 2014.
"Preserving Sound, Innovating Forms." A Panel on Victorian Music and Literature. North American Victorian Studies Association. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Panelists: Jason Camlot, Shannon Draucker, Carol Hogan-Downey. Organizers: Shannon Draucker and Carol Hogan-Downey. Invited to Present November 2017.
Publications
Assistant Editor of Basic Survival Guide: Resources for EN 0103. 2013.
“Daddy’s Girl.” Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. (creative nonfiction) 2011.
Research
Academic
English Graduate Organization Professionalization Award. Saint Louis University. 2017.
Graduate Assistantship. Saint Louis University. 2015-present.
Membership in The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. 2013-present.
GSA Conference Award. Saint Louis University. Spring 2016, Fall 2016.
Graduate Assistantship. Mississippi State University. 2012-2014.
Dean’s List. Middle Tennessee State University. 2008-2011.
Study Abroad Scholarship. Middle Tennessee State University. 2010.
non-academic
Publication in Retrospective Issue. Connotation Press. 2011.
Sword of Honor (A Service and Leadership Award). Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Women’s Music Fraternity. Middle Tennessee State University. 2011.
Honors &
Awards
Professional Training
Green Zone Faculty Mentor Training. Mississippi State. 2015.
Digital Humanities Skills
Omeka.net. Proficient.
Dublin Core. Proficient.
HTML Coding. Beginning
Piktochart (Graphic Design Tool). Proficient
Languages
Italian. Intermediate.
Irish (Gaelic). Beginning.
Skills &
Training
Leadership
Graduate Student Representative to the Undergraduate Committee. English Department. Saint Louis University. 2016-present
Co-organizer. Athenaeum: Transatlantic Long-Nineteenth Century Reading Group. English Department. Saint Louis University. 2016-present.
English Department Representative. Graduate Student Association. Saint Louis University. 2015-2016.
GSA Representative. English Graduate Organization. Saint Louis University. 2015-2016.
Student-Veteran Outreach Chair. Writing Center Advisory Committee. Mississippi State University. 2015.
Vice President, Ritual. Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Women’s Music Fraternity. Middle Tennessee State University. 2009-2011.
Fraternity Education Director. Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Women’s Music Fraternity. Middle Tennessee State. 2009-2011.
Community Service Chair. Sigma Alpha Iota Professional Women’s Music Fraternity. Middle Tennessee State University. 2010-2011.
New-Member Representative. Campus Inter-Fraternity Music Council. Middle Tennessee State University. 2008-2009.
Membership
Member. North American Victorian Studies Conference. 2016-present.
Member. Nineteenth-Century Studies Association. 2016-present.
Member. Athenaeum Long-Nineteenth-Century Reading Group. Saint Louis University. 2015-present.
Member. American Conference for Irish Studies. 2015-present.