Department of English

My current project explores new pedagogies for modernist studies, drawing on my courses and cross-campus collaborations. The materials it engages include literature, film, archives, architecture, and artworks. My recent academic essays are “Queen Bees: Edith Sitwell, Sylvia Plath, and Cross-Atlantic Affiliations,” in Feminist Modernist Studies, and a collaborative essay on museum pedagogy in the anthology The Classics in Modernist Translation, (co-authored with UF Classicist Mary Ann Eaverly). I also do crossover writing, including “Liquid Whitman” for the Massachusetts Review, and “From Slag to Swag” for The Conversation. You can find my blog here.

I am active in the Modernist Studies Association and often contribute to its affiliate journal Modernism/modernity. I also serve on the editorial board of Contemporary Women’s Writing. On the UF campus, I work with the interdisciplinary project Impact of Materials on Society (IMOS), and collaborate frequently with the Harn Museum of Art. I have co-led the campus workshops “Team Teaching from Classroom to Gallery” and “Teaching with Archives: A 360⁰ Event.” I enjoy teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes, which include Desperate Domesticity: The American 1950s, Modern British and American Poetry, and PostPunk Cultures: The British 1980s. I received a UF Doctoral Mentoring Award in 2018, and am a member of UF’s Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars.