About
PhD student, Teaching Assistant, and Writing Center Tutor in the English Department at the University of Delaware. Race and Ethnicity Research Track, Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies.
English Department at Westfield State University 2016-2018. Taught English Composition I, English Composition II: Writing About Current Issues, English Composition II: Writing About Identity and Representation, Introduction to American Literature, World Literature II, and World Literature: Exploring Identity.
My research focuses on identity studies, race, ethnicity, memory studies, 20th century and contemporary American and ethnic American literature, Museum Studies, Asian American literature and culture, American history, higher education pedagogy, assimilationism, immigration, and politics. Education
2018 – Present University of Delaware, Ph.D. in English
2016 – Clark University, M.A. in English
2014 – Westfield State University, B.A. in English, Literature Concentration, Minor in Philosophy (Magna Cum Laude) Publications
Blogs
“Teaching Japanese Internment Using Julie Otsuka’s When The Emperor Was Divine.” 16 May 2018. Pedagogy and American Literary Studies (PALS). https://teachingpals.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/teaching-japanese-internment-using-julie-otsukas-when-the-emperor-was-divine/ Projects
M.A. Thesis – “‘You make a life out of gestures and politeness’: Franklin Hata’s Identity Constructions and Performances and How They Shape the Narrative of Chang-rae Lee’s A Gesture Life”
Undergraduate Thesis, Independent Study – “‘Yes, my dear readers, you would rather not see mankind’s poverty exposed’: Re-Imagining the Romantic Hero in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature” Upcoming Talks and Conferences
Will be presenting on Japanese Incarceration, Just Memory, and Multi-Modal methods of Remembering at the 2019 MELUS Conference, March 21-24, 2019, in Cincinnati, OH. Memberships
American Studies Association, The Society For the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, Modern Language Association, Sigma Tau Delta: Alumni Epsilon
