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)

  4. Sustainability & Self Care (Spring 2025)

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. Transformation Series - Part VI - Discover Community: An Experiential Journey of Love in Action (Spring 2025)

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

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

  9. Quest for Sanctuary III - The Power of Myth (Spring 2025)

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)