Education
Louisiana State University
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, French Studies Minor, Dec. 2023
Dissertation: Death, Dreaming, and Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality
Louisiana State University
MA in English Writing and Culture, May 2020
Research: My Mother Read My Dreams: Dream Interpretation In the African Diaspora (won the 2023 American Folklore Society Zora Neale Hurston Award)
Loyola University New Orleans
BA in Writing, Social Media/Mass Communications Minor, May 2017
Research: Oscar Wilde, an Author on Trial: The Intersection of Authorship and Sexuality in Victorian England
Publishing Experience
Folk Riot
Founder and Chief Creative Director, 2024 - present.
Comparative Woman Journal
Founder and Editor in Chief, 2018-2023
The Maroon
Copy Editor and Social Media Coordinator, 2017
The Odyssey Online
Editor in Chief, Jan. 2016 - Aug. 2017
Freelance
Social Media and Public Relations Manager, May 2015 - August 2020
Nonprofit Experience
Connect Northshore
Board Member, December 2024 - present
Streetcar Collective for the Arts
Director of Development, June 2024 - present
Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation
Storytelling Manager, June 2022 - June 2024
Anna's Place NOLA
Director of Development and Communications, August 2020 - June 2022
Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP)
Executive Director, May 2016 - August 2017
Director of Internal Affairs, May 2015 - May 2016
Academic Experience
Louisiana State University
Instructor, August 2019 - August 2021
Southern Regional Education Board
Academic Fellow, August 2017 - August 2020
Loyola University New Orleans
Student Success Coach/Academic Tutor, August 2014 - August 2017.
Awards/Honors
Freeman Fellowship, Tulane University, 2024
Zora Neale Hurston Award, American Folklore Society, 2022
Lewis Simpson English Scholarship, LSU, 2019
Matilda C. Russo Travel Fund, LSU, 2019
Eric Voegelin Institute Polical Science Fellowship, LSU, 2018
Southern Regional Education Board Fellowship, 2017
Magis Award for Organization Officer of the Year, LOYNO, 2017
Women's Studies Creative Writing Award, 2017
Loyola Grant, LOYNO, 2014
Taylor Opportunity Program for Students Scholarship/Stipend,LOYNO 2014
Conference Activity and Participation
Invited Presenter (Poetry), “Black Bodies: A Collection,” 2021 Comparative Literature-French Conference, Louisiana State University, March 2021.
Presenter, “Living Archives/Spiritual Historians: Materializing the Immaterial World Through the Body,” 2021 Comparative Literature-French Conference, Louisiana State University, March 2021.
Presenter, “Alt-Right/ ‘Ankh-Right’: History, Community, Othering, and the Politics of Fear,” Fan Responses to Popular Culture, 2020 Midwest Modern Language Association, November 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID 19)
Invited Presenter, “Death, Dreaming, and Diaspora: Achieving Orientation Through Afro-Spirituality,” Interdisciplinary Doctoral Scholars Symposium, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, April 2020 (cancelled due to COVID 19).
Presenter, “Dreams, Daffodils, and Decolonization in Literary Education,” Department of French Studies/Department of Comparative Literature Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2020.
Presenter, “Kohnjehr Readers: Using Voice and Embodiment as Ritual in Poetry,” 30th Annual Mardi Gras Graduate Student Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2020.
Attendee, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Atlanta, GA, October 2019.
Colloquium Presenter, “My Mother Read My Dreams: Dream Interpretation in the African Diaspora,” Harvard University Institute for World Literature, Cambridge, MA, July 2019.
Presenter, “Dream Interpretation and the Inevitability of Death,” Louisiana Folklore Society, Houma, LA, March 2019.
Organizer, Comparative Woman Open-Mic Night Series, Louisiana State University, 2019–present.
Organizer, Comparative Literature Graduate Association Languages and Literature Conference, 2018–2019.
Attendee, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Washington, DC, October 2018.
Workshop Attendee/Presenter, “Degenerating Nations and Old Men: The Waning Power of the Old World and Its Pursuits,” The American Comparative Literature Association, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2018.
Presenter, “Degenerating Nations and Old Men: The Waning Power of the Old World and Its Pursuits,” Comparative Literature Graduate Association Languages and Literature Conference, Louisiana State University, March 2018.
Presenter, "Journey to Oppression and Expression: Destination to Marginalization in Césaire’s Notebook of a Return to the Native Land," Department of French Studies Graduate Student Association Conferences, Louisiana State University, February 2018.
Select Publications
“My Mother on Dream Interpretation and the Lack of Finality in Death,” Comparative Woman (Fall/Winter 2018).
“Elder’s Talkin’,” (Poetry). Comparative Woman (Fall/Winter 2018).
“Grandmothers” (Poetry). Comparative Woman (Fall/Winter 2018).
“Boys and Buying” (Poetry). Feminist Forum Magazine. (Winter 2017).
“The Holes” (Poetry). The Odyssey Online. (October 2016).
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Review” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (February 2016).
“Repainting ‘Painted: Lady’: Review from New Orleans Film Festival.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015)
“Exploring ‘Savage vs. The Void: Review from New Orleans Film Festival.’” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015).
“’The Worst is Over’: Review from New Orleans Film Festival.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015).
“Finding Unlikely Heroes: ‘Little Hero’ at the New Orleans Film Festival.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015).
“‘The Phantasmagorical Clarence John Laughlin’ Review.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015).
“Good Times with Origami: Interview with Paper Bison.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (October 2015).
“Bad: Allergies and a Bear: Unedited Footage of a Bear.” Critical and Creative Arts Publication (CCPUB). (September 2015).
Professional Memberships
Phi Sigma Tau International Honors Society of Philosophy
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honors Society
International Thespian Society
Louisiana Folklore Society
Syllabi
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