Education
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University of Miami
Doctorate in English
Cumulative GPA: 3.9
Miami, FL
Expected May 2027
Florida International University
Master of Arts in English
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Miami, FL
August 2021-May 2023
Florida International University
Bachelor of Arts in English
Cumulative GPA: 3.6
Miami, FL
August 2017-May 2021
Academic Work Experience
University of Miami UGrow Fellowship
Writing Studies Graduate Fellow
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Spent Fall semester 2025 supporting graduate teaching assistants in compiling resources, addressing concerns, answering questions, and developing class materials
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Hosted a “graduate coffee chat” in which graduate TAs were given an annotated resource packet compiled by myself
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Will spend Spring semester 2026 as a judge for the Audley Webster Memorial Essay Contest, an annual endowed essay contest in which undergraduates from across the University are invited to submit essays for a cash prize
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Will also aid in handling logistics of the Audley Webster Essay contest, communicating with the endowment family, preparing marketing materials, and hosting the event
Miami, FL
AY 2025-2026
University of Miami
Graduate Teaching Assistant​
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Taught WRS 105 (Fall semester of 2024)​​
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Engaged first-year students in thoughtful rhetorical practices and critical writing.
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Guided students in developing their own personal authorial voice, and to take ownership of their writing.
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Developed teaching materials specifically focused on empowering student voices to write confidently on relevant issues.
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Taught WRS 106 (Spring semester of 2025)​
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Introduced students to writing about literature and creative texts.
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Developed WRS 106 syllabus, including chosen reading materials, assignment sheets, scaffolding assignments, and curated pedagogical practices.
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Miami, FL
August 2023-May 2025
Florida International University
Graduate Teaching Assistant​
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Taught ENC 1101 (Fall 2022)
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Engaged students in developing critical thinking and writing skills.
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Used existing Canvas shell and assignment sheets and tailored them towards class goals.
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Required students to engage in one socratic seminar for the semester.
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Taught ENC 1102 (Spring 2023)
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Provided space for students to further develop rhetorical skills using a variety of applications, including rhetorical reading, writing, and speaking.
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Tailored class focuses towards relevant contexts that matter to Gen-z students, such as reading rhetorically on social media, and engaging with visual rhetoric.
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Miami, FL
August 2021-May 2023
Work Experience
Write Your Acceptance, LLC.
Freelance Copy Editor
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Work each summer with Dr. Josie Urbistondo at her self-founded business, Write Your Acceptance, which aids students with application materials such as personal statements, medical school essays, and CVs (amongst others).
Miami, FL
Summers of 2022-2025
Dissertation
Ciphers of a Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare Negotiating the Female Body of Power
Expected May 2027
Committee chaired by: Dr. Pamela Hammons; Committee members: Dr. Joel Nickels, Dr. Noa Nikolsky, Dr. James Sutton (external member), Dr. Michael Grafals (external member)
Exam Lists
The Modernist Exile (Literature of American Modernism)
Directed by Dr. Joel Nickels
Medieval Governance and Identity (Medieval Literature and Theory)
Directed by Dr. Noa Nikolsky
Activities
Shakespeare Association of America Graduate Board
Chief of Internal Affairs
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Responsible for all internal and external communications for the SAA graduate committee, including correspondence with conference leadership and running the SAA graduate social media platforms
AY 2025-2026
Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Member and presenter
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Attended each meeting in order to participate in that month’s conversation and provide feedback to that meeting’s paper presenter
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Presented a paper that is in progress for publication, seeking feedback from faculty leadership
Spring 2024-Present
English Graduate Organization
Department Representative
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Responsible for communicating needs, concerns, and requests from students in the department of English and Creative Writing to EGO leadership
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Started and currently running the EGO Instagram page
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In Spring 2026, planning to host a cross-discipline humanities social event, spearheaded by myself, extended to all humanities graduate students from local universities
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Spearheading the revival of UMiami’s EGO annual symposium, open to literary graduate students across Florida universities
Fall 2024-Present
Publications
"What Country, Friends, Is This?" Shakespeare &
Exile Edited Collection
Essay Contributor
Published with ACMRS
“Floating Between Heaven and Earth: Hamlet and Henry V as Shakespeare’s Exiled Princes”
Expected February 2026
Conferences
12th World Shakespeare Congress
Seminar Presenter
Seminar: Shakespeare’s Tragedies and their Twenty-First-Century Reverberations
Paper: Tragic Inheritance: Anakin Skywalker as Hamlet’s Successor
Verona, Italy
July 2026
Shakespeare Association of America 2026
Seminar Presenter
Seminar: Generation Shakespeare: YA Adaptation
Paper: “Hamlet Walked So Anakin Could Run:” Pairing Shakespeare with Star Wars in the Freshman Classroom
Denver, CO
April 2026
Renaissance Society of America 2026
Roundtable Recorder & Secretary
Roundtable: Voices in Exile/Voices on Exile, Moderated by Dr. James Sutton (Associate
Professor at Florida International University) and Dr. Stephanie Chamberlain (Professor Emeritus at Southeast Missouri State University)
San Fransisco, CA
February 2026
Bridges and Borders: The Archive
Panel Presenter
Presentation: “Islands of Memory: Reconfiguring the Archive as Narration in Shakespeare’s The Tempest”
Carnegie Mellon, PA & Online
April 2025
Northeast MLA Conference
Panel Presenter
Presentation: “Water from the Stone: A Theoretical Approach to the Aesthetics of Trauma inThe Samurai's Garden”
University of Buffalo, NY
March 2023
Research Activities
Institute of Continuing Education Class: "Shakespeare and
The Interpretation of History"
Student
University of Cambridge, Online
May-July 2025
Directed Reading: "The Modernist Exile"
Student
University of Miami
May-July 2025
Awards
Student Academic Achievement & Service Award
Award Recipient
Florida International University
April 2024
3 Minute Thesis Competition
Second Place Winner
Florida International University
October 2022