Ph.D., English Literature, University of Delaware

Dissertation: "The Aunts of Anglo-American Literature"

Chair: Dr. Siobhan Carroll

Graduate Certification in Museum Studies, University of Delaware

M.A., English, University of St. Thomas

B.A., English Literature and Writing, Bethel University
Magna cum laude with Honors

• “Cultivating Belonging: Regional Identity in Midwest Agricultural Periodicals,” inThe Edinburgh Companion to the Regional Magazine, eds., Naomi Walker, Matt Davies, and Andrew Hobbs, Edinburgh UP (forthcoming Oct. 2027)

• “Structural Genealogy: Tracing the Historical Occupancy of the Cook-Simms House in Willingtown Square.” Delaware History (in press)

• “Temple Bar’s New Portrait of Femininity: Active Domesticity in Mary Braddon’s Aurora Floyd.” The Wilkie Collins Journal 16 (2019): n.p.

•  “Following in Their Footsteps: VPR’s Role in Supporting Graduate Scholars.” Victorian Periodicals Review 50, no. 3 (2017): 660 (infographic)

• “The Double-Edge Sword of Romance in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko.” Proceedings of the 24th Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature, edited by Bruce Brandt, Mick Nagy, and Sharon Smith. South Dakota State University (2016): 206-217.