Education
2025 (expected) | MLIS, Academic Librarianship
San Jose State University, remote program
2022 | MA, English – Literary Studies
Salem State University
2021 | BA, English Literature
minor in Women’s & Gender Studies, summa cum laude
Salem State University
2019 | AA, Liberal Arts – English, summa cum laude
North Shore Community College
Current Positions
Executive Assistant for Inclusive Excellence
Salem State University · Salem, MA
July 2024 – present
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English
Salem State University · Salem, MA
Fall 2022 – present
- Recent and upcoming courses:
- ENL 290 – Fictions of Gender & Sexuality
- ENL 353 – Literature for Young Adults
- ENL 354 – Native American Literature
Freelance Copyeditor and Proofreader
2020 – present
Additional Tutoring and Teaching Experience
Private Tutor – High School and Undergraduates
Freelance · in-person and online
June 2020 – January 2024
Learning Specialist, TRIO Student Support Services
North Shore Community College · Danvers, MA
July 2022 – January 2024
Graduate Assistant and Tutor, Mary G. Walsh Writing Center
Salem State University · Salem, MA
September 2021 – August 2022
Pedagogical Intern, Native American Literature
Salem State University · Salem, MA
August 2020 – December 2020
Course Tutor, Special Topics in Theory: Identity Politics
Salem State University · Salem, MA
February 2020 – May 2021
Writing and Content Tutor
North Shore Community College · Danvers, MA
September 2017 – August 2019
Additional Research and Administrative Experience
Program Assistant, Center for Research and Creative Activities
Salem State University · Salem, MA
March 2022 – June 2024
Lucy Moten Fellow
Salem State University · Salem, MA
November 2020 – May 2021
Manager and Curator
Be Modern · Ipswich, MA
2012 – 2018
Professional Memberships
American Library Association (ALA)
American Copy Editors Society (ACES)
American Association of Adjunct Education
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
Academic Presentations and Publications
- “Supporting Students with Depression and Learning to Eschew the Ideal Text.” The Dangling Modifier, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2022, http://sites.psu.edu/thedanglingmodifier/spring-2022.
- “Conversations with Nicole: Helping Depressed Students and Ourselves in the Writing Center.” Oral presentation at Salem State University Faculty and Graduate Research Symposium, Salem, MA, 5 May 2022.
- “Mosaics of Wholeness: Healing through Queer Indigenous Self-Telling in Billy-Ray Belcourt’s A History of My Brief Body and Deborah A. Miranda’s Bad Indians.” Master’s thesis oral presentation at Master’s in English Regional Conference, virtual, March 2022.
- “The People Here: Interrogating Indigenous Dispossession of the Land Occupied by Salem State University.” Digital exhibit presentation for Salem State Alumni Association with Dr. Keja Valens, Salem, MA, 16 November 2021.
- “Beyond Land Acknowledgment with The People Here.” Oral presentation at Environmental Justice and Indigenous People panel discussion with Drs. Steven Silvern and Avi Chomsky, Salem State University, Salem, MA, 25 October 2021.
Awards and Honors
First Place Paper Award, Master’s in English Regional Conference (MERC), 2022
Lucy Moten Fellowship, Salem State University, 2020-2021
Commonwealth Honors Program
Selected poet representing North Shore Community College, Greater Boston Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Festival, 2019
First Place Award, Commonwealth Honors Research Competition, 2018
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