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Ph.D., English, Middle Tennessee State University, 2025
M.A., Philosophy, Colorado State University, 2018
B.A., Philosophy, Colorado State University, 2015
Lecturer, Composition Specialist. Department of English, Auburn University. 2026–present.
Graduate Program Assistant. Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University. 2024–25.
General Education Program Assistant. Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University. 2022–24.
Instructor of Record. Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University. 2021–25.
Adjunct Instructor. Department of English, Cumberland University. 2022–23.
Teaching Assistant. Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University. 2016–18.
Fabricated Flesh: Fat Suits, Gross-Out Comedy, and the Politics of the Body. Under review, Bloomsbury Academic.
Accepted and Forthcoming
"Humans as Fat Suits: Controlling Images and Digital Dismemberment in Norbit." Fat Studies. Forthcoming.
"Cringe in the Classroom: Teaching with Unironic Joy." Joking Matters: Humour, Ethics, and Social Difference, edited by Pratyusha Pramanik, Prateek Upreti, Sakshi Srivastava, and Mansi Bose. Peter Lang Publishing. Forthcoming.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
"Not So Nice, After All: Failures of Fat Representation in Michael Schur's 'Nicecore' Worlds." Excessive Bodies, vol. 2, no. 1, 2025, pp. 220–249.
"Transcending Transcendence in Jim Jarmusch's Paterson." Screen Bodies, vol. 9, no. 1, 2024, pp. 12–25.
"Finding the Mind: A Defense of Embodied Cognition in the Classroom." Scientia et Humanitas, vol. 14, no. 1, 2024, pp. 15–25.
"Feminist Pragmatism and Emily Dickinson's 'Nature is What We See.'" Tennessee Philological Bulletin, 2022, pp. 32–41.
"Being and Emptiness: Sartre meets Śāntideva." Scientia et Humanitas, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 99–114.
OER & Pedagogical Publications
"The Ask: A More Beautiful Question, 2nd Edition." Pressbooks. mtsu.pressbooks.pub/engl1020.
"The Muse: Misunderstandings and Their Remedies." Pressbooks. mtsu.pressbooks.pub/engl1010.
"GEM: The Gen Ed Magazine." Pressbooks. mtsu.pressbooks.pub/genedmagazine.
Other Publications
"Book Review: What Film Is Good For: On the Value of Spectatorship, edited by Julian Hanich and Martin P. Rossouw." Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, no. 27, 2024, pp. 273–277.
"Teaching With Humor." Panel organized by the American Humor Studies Association. American Literature Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. May 2026.
"Humans as Fat Suits in Norbit." Popular Culture Association National Convention, Atlanta, GA. April 2026.
"Imagined Worlds, Real Value: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in the Classroom." Tennessee Philological Association, Freed-Hardeman University. February 2026.
"One of the Shouts: Navigating Between Nihilism and Supernaturalism." Tennessee Philological Association, Remote. February 2025.
"Interrogating the Fat Suit: Exploring the Ethics of Hollywood's Use of Fat Body Prosthetics." Popular Culture Association National Convention, Chicago, IL. April 2024.
"The Faulkner Cinematic Universe: Adapting the Unadaptable." Southern Appalachian Conference on Literature, Eastern Tennessee State University. March 2023.
"Destroying Dichotomies: Anti-Essentialism in Ken Russell's Women in Love." Tennessee Philological Association, Austin Peay State University. February 2023.
"Fields of Experience: First Reformed, Affect Theory, and Our Environmental Future." International Interdisciplinary Conference on Memory, Affects, and Emotions. April 2022.
"Comedy or Trauma: Representations of Fat Bodies in the Modern Sitcom." Tennessee Philological Association, Austin Peay State University. February 2022.
"Feminist Pragmatism and Emily Dickinson's 'Nature is What We See.'" Tennessee Philological Association, Remote. February 2021.
"Remembering Why We're Here: Fostering Wonder in Higher Education." Keynote Address, EGSO Symposium, Middle Tennessee State University. April 2026.
"Rethinking Assessment: Nontraditional Grading and Question-Based Pedagogy." ENGL 6821/7821: Seminar in Teaching Composition, Middle Tennessee State University. September 2025.
"Exploring Postmodernism Through New Queer Cinema." ENGL 4855: Film Theory and Criticism, Middle Tennessee State University. November 2024.
"The Art of Slow Cinema in Taste of Cherry." ENGL 3870: Film History, Middle Tennessee State University. November 2022.
Composition
English Composition II
Expository Writing
Research and Argumentative Writing
Literature
The Swinging Sixties
Literature as Philosophy
Film Studies
Introduction to Film Studies
Philosophy (Teaching Assistant)
Appreciation of Philosophy
Moral and Social Problems
History and Philosophy of Scientific Thought
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Student Award, English Department Nominee. Middle Tennessee State University. 2026.
Affordable Course Materials Grant. Middle Tennessee State University Provost. 2025–26.
Affordable Course Materials Grant. Middle Tennessee State University Provost. 2024–25.
The John N. McDaniel Excellence in Teaching Award. Middle Tennessee State University. 2023.
Open Educational Resources Grant. Tennessee Board of Regents. 2022–23.
William R. Wolfe Writing Award, Honorable Mention. Middle Tennessee State University. 2023.
Kevin J. Donovan Graduate Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Middle Tennessee State University. 2022.
The Richard C. and Virginia Peck Award. Middle Tennessee State University. 2021.
William R. Wolfe Writing Award, First Place. Middle Tennessee State University. 2021.
President and Officer of Public Relations & Promotions. Tennessee Philological Association. 2021–present.
Associate Editor. Scientia et Humanitas. 2024–25.
Graduate Committee. Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University. 2024–25.
Archivist, Treasurer, and Secretary. English Graduate Student Organization, Middle Tennessee State University. 2021–25.
Writing Tutor. Margaret H. Ordoubadian University Writing Center, Middle Tennessee State University. 2020–25.
English Graduate Reflection Group Leader. Middle Tennessee State University. 2021–23.