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ACADEMIC DEGREES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Joint-Ph.D, French Studies\u00a0<\/em>and Comparative Media Analysis and Practice<\/em>, Vanderbilt University (Anticipated 2020)<\/p>\n

M.A., French Studies<\/em>, Vanderbilt University (2019)<\/p>\n

M.T.S, Master of Theological Studies<\/em>, Vanderbilt University (2015)<\/p>\n

B.A., University Scholars<\/em>, magna cum laude, focuses in french literature, theater arts, and philosophy, Baylor University (2013)<\/p>\n

TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, French Instructor<\/p>\n

Fall 2016-Present (French 1101, 1102, 2203: introductory and intermediate courses in French language and Francophone cultures)<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Teaching Assistant<\/p>\n

Maymester 2018 (History and Art of Ancient Rome)<\/p>\n

Fall 2016 (The Middle Ages)<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Teaching Apprentice<\/p>\n

Fall 2017 (Texts and Contexts: Middle Ages to the Enlightenment)<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCaribbean and Medieval Wounds: The Poetics of Trauma in Dante\u2019s Commedia<\/em> and Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire\u2019s Cahier d\u2019un retour au pays natal<\/em>.\u201d Medieval Perspectives<\/em> 34. Article accepted, publication forthcoming.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Trauma to Drama: Creating a Polymorphous Space for Witnessing (to) the Rwandan Genocide through Theater.\u201d The International Journal of Francophone Studies<\/em> 20, no. 3-4 (September 2017). Co-authored with Dr. Holly Collins.<\/p>\n

CONFERENCES AND OTHER ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGlossing the Passion Narrative: Pontius Pilate and \u201cLes Juifs\u201d in Old French Marginalia.\u201d 2019 Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies Graduate Student Conference. Chicago, IL. January 24-26, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaribbean and Medieval Wounds:\u00a0The Poetics of Trauma in Dante’s Commedia<\/em> and Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire’s Cahier d’un retour au pays natal<\/em>.\u201d Southeastern Medieval Association. Nassau, Bahamas. November 8, 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cModeling Medieval Cultures in 3D Immersive Environments.\u201d Presentation to the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust, Nashville, TN. November 3, 2017. On behalf of Dr. Lynn Ramey.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnections: Case Studies on Linking Literature and Language Teaching.\u201d With Dr. Stacey Johnson. ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages), Nashville, TN. November 19, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnections: Case Studies on Linking Literature and Language Teaching.\u201d With Dr. Stacey Johnson. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. October 27, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cDante\u2019s Commedia<\/em> as Epic and (Bakhtinian) Novel: Perceiving the Value of Epic Distance in Poetry.\u201d Southeastern Medieval Association. Charleston, SC. November 16, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Diverse Cosmos: Interrogating Ontological Otherness in the Thought of St Bonaventure.\u201d Leeds Medieval Congress. Leeds, England. July, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cDigital Models of Time and Space: Cyprus at the Crossroads.\u201d Co-authored and co- presented with Dr. Lynn Ramey. Southeastern Medieval Association. Knoxville, TN. October 6-8, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeking the Divine Artifex<\/em>: Reading Neoplatonist Notions of Knowledge, Art, and Romantic Love in Chr\u00e9tien de Troye\u2019s Clig\u00e8s<\/em>.\u201d Conference of the Southeastern Medieval Association. Little Rock, Arkansas. October 22-24, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kuoko Project: Providing Resources for the Installation and Development of School Gardens in Rural Western Kenya.\u201d Social Enterprise Pitch. Co-author, Danny Nassar. Unite for Sight Global Health Conference. Yale University. April 13-14, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cReplanting the Seed: Developing a Community Garden Program in Rural Western Kenya.\u201d Social Enterprise Pitch. Presented by co-author, Danny Nassar. Unite for Sight Global Health Conference. Yale University. April 21-22, 2012.<\/p>\n

OTHER WRITING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTrafficking in the Islands: The 2015 Nexus Caribbean Summit.\u201d Co-author with Melissa Jane Kronfield. https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B3KaLcP6Bz6gOTJScmlLT0p2OVk\/edit<\/a><\/p>\n

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Newberry Library<\/strong>, Participant, \u201cDante: Between Philosophy and Philology.\u201d Graduate Student Workshop, September 2018.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Co-coordinator with Sabeen Ahmed and Kyle Romero of Robert Penn Warren Seminar, \u201cDisplacement and the Human Condition.\u201d Round-table seminar series dedicated to exploring the experience of exiles and refugees in journalism, academic writing, and literature. Fall 2018-Spring 2019.<\/p>\n

Emory University<\/strong>, Completion of \u201cDigital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll.\u201d Digital Coding Workshop, February 2018.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Certificate in \u201cReligion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture\u201d, 2015.<\/p>\n

Baylor University<\/strong>, Research Assistant, Spring 2013.<\/p>\n

LANGUAGES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

French: advanced skills in speaking, writing, and reading<\/p>\n

Spanish: intermediate skills in speaking, reading, and writing<\/p>\n

Italian: intermediate skills in speaking, reading and writing<\/p>\n

Old French (Francien, Anglo-Norman): intermediate reading and speaking skills<\/p>\n

Latin: intermediate reading skills<\/p>\n

ACADEMIC AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University, <\/strong>Mellon Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities (full additional year of graduate funding), 2018-2019.<\/p>\n

Newberry Library<\/strong>, Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant, Fall 2018.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Pichois Summer Award: funding in support of presenting research at the Leeds Medieval Congress, 2018.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, Pichois Summer Award: archival research at the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale, 2017.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt University<\/strong>, University Graduate Fellowship, 2016-Present.<\/p>\n

Pi Delta Phi<\/strong>, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019Honneur Fran\u00e7aise, 2016-Present.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt Divinity School<\/strong>, Dean\u2019s Scholarship, Full Tuition Merit Scholarship, 2013-2015.<\/p>\n

ACTFL Conference<\/strong>, Student Stipend Award, Fall 2017.<\/p>\n

SELECTED ARTISTIC RESUM\u00c9<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Director (theater) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Le fils du tapissier: episode de la vie de Moli\u00e8re<\/em>. My original translation of the French play by Charles Moravia. The Darkhorse Theater, Nashville, TN, November 2017.<\/p>\n

Downsizing<\/em>. Nashville Repertory Theater, Nashville, TN, May 2015.<\/p>\n

The House that Jack Built <\/em><\/a>(staged reading).\u00a0Neely Auditorium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November 2015.<\/p>\n

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead<\/em> (staged reading). Starring Broadway veteran Terry Kiser, The Wright Opera House, Ouray, CO, April 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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