Education + Teaching

Education

 University of California Los Angeles, Department of English

Degree: Ph.D. in English Literature (2020)

City University of New York-City College, Department of English

Degree: M.A. Joint Degree with University of Paris-Diderot in English and American Studies (2012)

 University of Paris-Diderot, UFR d’Etudes Anglophones

Degree: M.A. Joint Degree with City University of New York-City College in English and American Studies (2012)

 

City University of New York-The Graduate Center, The Latin/Greek Institute

Certificate: magna cum laude, Basic Program in Latin (2011)

 

University of Washington, Departments of English and Psychology

Degree: B.A. in English and Psychology (2008)


Academic Appointments

Lecturer (Physical Education & Mind Body Health), University of Southern California (2023-Present)

Academic Curator (Office of Experiential & Applied Learning), University of Southern California (2022-Present)

Lecturer (English), University of California Los Angeles (2020-21)


Courses & Programs Taught

University of Southern California:

Instructor of Record—

  1. Stress Management for Healthy Living (Fall 2023)

  2. Stress Management for Healthy Living (Spring 2024)

  3. Stress Management for Healthy Living (Fall 2024)

Program Lead—

  1. Transformation Program Series - Part I - Discover Your Gift: The Transformative Power of Gratitude in Action (Fall 2022)

  2. Transformation Series - Part II - Discover Your Voice: The Transformative Power of Empathy in Action (Spring 2023)

  3. Transformation Series - Part III - Discover Your Power: An Experiential Journey of Humility in Action (Fall 2023)

  4. Transformation Series - Part IV - Discover Freedom: An Experiential Journey of Acceptance in Action (Spring 2024)

  5. Transformation Series - Part V - Discover Your Purpose: An Experiential Journey of Joy in Action (Fall 2024)

  6. Quest for Sanctuary I - Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and the Language of Imagination (Fall 2023)

  7. Quest for Sanctuary II - Paracosm: Surviving the Trials of Reality by Creating Worlds of Fantasy (Spring 2024)

University of California, Los Angeles:

Instructor of Record—

  1. Tales in Painted Glass: Medieval Literature and Medievalism in Context (Summer 2021)

  2. Transatlantic Romanticisms: Viewing the Canon “from Below” (Spring 2021)

  3. Literature, Labor, and Empire: British Literature & Culture, 1700-1850 (Spring 2021)

  4. Romantic Institutions: Urban Romanticism and Its Intellectual Centers (Winter 2021)

  5. Literature, Labor, and Empire: British Literature & Culture, 1700-1850 (Autumn 2020)

  6. Neoclassicism and the Goths: Topics in British Literature, 1700-1850 (Autumn 2020)