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Curriculm Vita

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Education
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Ph.D. in English Literature (2023)

 

Dissertation: Consent in Contemporary Young Adult Fantasy

Committee: Dr. Kenneth Kidd (chair), Dr. Anastasia Ulanowicz, Dr. Jodi Schorb, and

Dr. Jillian Hernandez

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Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

M.A. in English Literature (2017)

Graduate Certificate in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (2017)

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Master's Project: "Contraception, Consent, and Community in Kristin Cashore's Graceling Trilogy." Pass with distinction.

Committee: Dr. Karin Westman (chair), Dr. Carol Franko, and Dr. Wendy Matlock

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Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering (2014)

B.A. in English, summa cum laude (2013)

B.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude (2013)

B.S. in Mathematics, summa cum laude (2013)

Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

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Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles

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"The Right to Resist: Childhood Agency in Julian Kulski's World War II Diary." Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol. 16, no. 1, 2023, pp. 134-150.

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"Retributive and Restorative Justice in Kristin Cashore's Graceling Trilogy." South Central Review, vol. 36, no. 2, 2019, pp. 95-113.

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"Contraception, Consent, and Community in Kristin Cashore's Graceling Trilogy." The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 69-89.

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"Sexuality." Brock Education Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2018, pp. 68-74. 

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Varia

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Refereed Review of Gwen Athene Tarbox's Children's and Young Adult Comics​. Children's Literature, vol. 49, 2021, pp. 294-299.

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"A Conversation with Kristin Cashore." Author interview, with Karin Westman. The Lion and the Unicorn, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-107.

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Public Humanities

 

Sex. Love. Literature​. Pop Culture Podcast. Co-host with Ayanni C.H. Cooper. August 2020-present.

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Awards &
Honors
Grants and Fellowships

 

  • Center for European Studies Course Development Grant, University of Florida (2023)

  • Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Florida (2017-22)

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Polish, U.S. Department of Education (2020, Declined for Covid-19)

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, University of Florida (2019)

  • Center for European Studies Travel Grant, University of Florida (2019)

  • Fulbright Grant, English Teaching Assistant in Poland (2014-15)

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Awards and Honors

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  • Ph.D. Graduate Essay Award Honor for "Contraception, Consent, and Community in Kristin Cashore's Graceling Trilogy," Children's Literature Association (2019)

  • Children's Literature Graduate Essay Award, Kansas State University (2016)

  • Student of the Year in Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University (2013)

  • John McCaw Merit Award in Mathematics, Southern Methodist University (2013)

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Invited Talks

“Lore Olympus and/as Young Adult Literature.” Podcast-style Presentation and Keynote with Ayanni C.H. Cooper. YA Studies Around the World: 2nd International Conference of the Young Adult Studies Association. Held virtually. October 31-November 4, 2022.

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“So You Wanna Start a Podcast?: Communication, Collaboration, Community.” With Ayanni C.H. Cooper. Texas Career Engagement. University of Texas. Austin, Texas. March 24, 2022.

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“‘I’m determined to show them that the younger boys can fight as men’: Childhood Agency in Julian Kulski’s WWII Diary.” Lunchtime Symposium Series—WWII: Beyond the Battlefields. Center for European Studies. University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. January 28, 2020.

Conference Presentations
(selected)

“Fantastic Consent: The (Mis)Uses of Magic in Young Adult Fantasy.” Sustainability Through Story—Eco-Justice, Children’s Literature and Childhood: 50th International Conference of the Children’s Literature Association. Bellevue, Washington. June 15-17, 2023.

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“Theorizing Rape Culture through Young Adult Fantasy: Rachel Hartman’s Tess of the Road.” Modern Language Association Convention. San Francisco, California. January 5-8, 2023.

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“Lore Olympus and the Complications of Consent.” City in a Forest: 49th International Conference of the Children’s Literature Association. Atlanta, Georgia. June 2-4, 2022.

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“Workshop: Finding Your Voice as a Podcast Host.” Co-chair and panelist. Humanities Podcasting Symposium. Held virtually. October 15-16, 2021.

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“YA Fantasy and Rape Culture: The Case of Rachel Hartman’s Tess of the Road.” The Arcade: 48th International Conference of the Children’s Literature Association. Held virtually. June 9-13, 2021.

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"Tamora Pierce was my Judy Blume: Sex (Ed) in YA Fantasy." With Leah Phillips. Let's Talk about Sex in YA. University of Cambridge. Held virtually. May 3-7, 2021.

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"'30% Scoundrel': The Allure of Hades in Lore Olympus." With Ayanni C.H. Cooper. YA Studies Around the World: 1st International Conference of the Young Adult Studies Association. Held virtually. November 2-6, 2020.

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“‘I’m determined to show them that the younger boys can fight as men’: Childhood Agency in Julian Kulski’s WWII Diary.” Silence and Silencing in Children’s Literature: 24th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society of Children’s Literature. Stockholm, Sweden. August 14-18, 2019.

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“Childhood Agency and Activism in WWII Warsaw.” Activism and Empathy: 46th International Conference of the Children’s Literature Association. Indianapolis, Indiana. June 13-15, 2019.

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“‘I can't steal anything without two hands. That’s why she cut one off’: The Disability Politics of Megan Whalen Turner’s The Queen’s Thief Series.” Politics and Conflict: 40th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, Florida. March 13-17, 2019.

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“‘A kind of cold, monstrous love’: Motherhood and Resistance in N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy.” 200 Years of the Fantastic: Celebrating Frankenstein and Mary Shelley: 39th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Orlando, Florida. March 14-18, 2018.

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“Contraception, Consent, and Community in Kristin Cashore's Graceling Trilogy.” Imagined Futures: 44th International Conference of the Children’s Literature Association. Tampa, Florida. June 22-24, 2017.

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Teaching Experience
(selected)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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University Writing Program Postdoctoral Associate

​Upper Level

  • Writing in Gender Studies (Spring 2024)

  • Professional Communication for Engineers (4 sections, Fall 2023-Spring 2024)

Lower Level

  • Critical Thinking and Analysis: Censorship and Banned Books (Fall 2023)

  • Critical Thinking and Analysis: Sex in Youth Literature and Culture (Spring 2024)

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English Graduate Teaching Assistant

Upper Level:​

  • The Golden Age of Children's Literature (Summer 2023)

  • From Baba Yaga to Black Widow: Eastern Europe in Western Popular Culture (Spring 2023)

  • Literature for the Adolescent (Spring 2020)

Lower Level: 

  • Introduction to Literature (Fall 2018, Spring 2022)

  • Let's Talk about Sex in Children's and Young Adult Literature (Fall 2021)

  • Fiction to Film: Adaptations of Children's and Young Adult Literature (Fall 2019)

  • From Damsels in Distress to Dragon Slayers: Strong Female Characters in Children's and Young Adult Literature (Spring 2019)

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Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

 

Expository Writing: Rhetoric and Composition (6 sections, Fall 2015-Fall 2016)

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Poznań University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

 

Graduate Level:​

  • English for Transportation Engineering (Spring 2015)

  • English for Electrical Engineering (Fall 2014)

Undergraduate Level: 

  • English for Engineering Management (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)

  • English for Power Engineering (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)

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Leadership
& Outreach
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

Mock Caldecott Awards, Founder and Chief Organizer (2017-Present)

  • ​Founded, organized, and led annual event to select the best picture book of the year in conjunction with the UF Center for Children’s Literature and Culture and the Alachua County Public Library

Coordinator at the Center for Children's Literature and Culture (2017-18) 

  • Organized events including the inaugural Mock Caldecott, assisted with visiting speakers, helped maintain the Center’s collection of children’s and young adult literature, and maintained the Center’s website and social media presence

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Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

 

English Department Program Assistant (Spring 2017)

  • Organized and worked on selected projects related to Visiting Day for prospective students, campus visits, Open House, alumni relations, assessment, and other endeavors in the English Department

Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Philip Nel​ (2016-17)

  • Researched postmodernism in international children’s literature for international edition of Keywords in Children’s Literature, Arthur W. Rushmore for monograph on Harold and the Purple Crayon, and cultural context for notes for collected edition of Barnaby  

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