Education
Ph.D. German Studies, Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. English, Simmons University
B.A. English and Psychology, Boston College
Courses Taught
- German 101
- German 102
- German 203
- German 204
Research
Sinti and Roma, Critical Race Studies, Gender Studies, Literary Theory, 20th and 21st Century Literature, Theater, and Film, Film Studies, Afrofuturism, Queer Studies
Selected Publications
- “RomaArmee’s Call to Arms: Fostering Non-Territorial Community through Theater.” Seminar Journal: Special Issue on German Theater, vol. 60, no. 4, November 2024.
- “Mariella Mehr’s steinzeit: Un-turning the stone on Swiss and Yenish history.” Feminist German Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2024. Forthcoming.
- “Book Review of Transverse Disciplines.” University of Toronto Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 3, 2024.
- “Book Review of Ari Joskowicz’s Rain of Ash.” Journal of Austrian Studies, vol. 56, no. 4, 2023.
- “Book Review of Adas Raum by Sharon Dodua Otoo.” Chamisso: Viele Kulturen, Viele Sprachen, vol. 2023. Robert Bosch Stiftung, Fall 2022.
- “Book Review: How Textual Features Impact Readers, edited by R.L Victoria Pöhls & Mariane Utudji.” Focus on German Studies, vol. 29, December, 2022.
- “Mis-en-scene: Setting the Scene for Antiheroes in Comtemporary TV.” Public Square pilot website at the National Humanities Center, Fall 2022.