I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of English at Loyola University Chicago, where I teach the art of crafting ethical, well-researched arguments regarding cultural texts encountered in print, ephemeral performance, film, and modes of art (e.g., painting, sculpture). My research and teaching center Shakespearean dramatic and nondramatic poetry, while exploring the cultural contexts in which such poetry has been enjoyed, challenged, championed, and adapted.
During my time at Loyola, I have continued researching in rare archives and special collections located in the United States and England. My most recent studies of literature of premodernity and the English Renaissance have resulted in three works in progress that investigate, respectively, medieval moralistic treatises, the representation of chastity in John Milton's A Masque, and death in Sir Thomas Browne's writings. I am also currently developing a book-length thesis that explores early modern literature, especially Shakespeare's texts, using critical approaches prioritized in posthumanist inquiry. I have shared my previous and current research projects at numerous conferences across the United States and in print in Text & Presentation (2018).
As an early career researcher, I am grateful for the generous research support from a variety of institutions and organizations: the Medieval Association of the Pacific (2019); the Graduate School, the Department of English, and the English Graduate Student Association at Loyola University Chicago (2016-2021); and the University Honors Program, the College of Arts and Science, and the Department of English at Miami University of Ohio (2012-2016).
Throughout my years at Loyola, I have supported University research initiatives and collaborated with faculty and graduate students across disciplines. My prior dynamic positions have entailed advocating, advertising, project managing, and creating copy for many programs made possible by the collaboration among departments in the Humanities at Loyola. A few programs for which I've served include the Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities and the McElroy Shakespeare Celebration, as well as the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA), as Secretary (2018-19) and Vice President (2019-2020).
During my time at Loyola, I have continued researching in rare archives and special collections located in the United States and England. My most recent studies of literature of premodernity and the English Renaissance have resulted in three works in progress that investigate, respectively, medieval moralistic treatises, the representation of chastity in John Milton's A Masque, and death in Sir Thomas Browne's writings. I am also currently developing a book-length thesis that explores early modern literature, especially Shakespeare's texts, using critical approaches prioritized in posthumanist inquiry. I have shared my previous and current research projects at numerous conferences across the United States and in print in Text & Presentation (2018).
As an early career researcher, I am grateful for the generous research support from a variety of institutions and organizations: the Medieval Association of the Pacific (2019); the Graduate School, the Department of English, and the English Graduate Student Association at Loyola University Chicago (2016-2021); and the University Honors Program, the College of Arts and Science, and the Department of English at Miami University of Ohio (2012-2016).
Throughout my years at Loyola, I have supported University research initiatives and collaborated with faculty and graduate students across disciplines. My prior dynamic positions have entailed advocating, advertising, project managing, and creating copy for many programs made possible by the collaboration among departments in the Humanities at Loyola. A few programs for which I've served include the Edward L. Surtz, S.J. Lecture in the Humanities and the McElroy Shakespeare Celebration, as well as the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA), as Secretary (2018-19) and Vice President (2019-2020).