I graduated in 2008 from a liberal arts college with a B.A. in English. I am currently working on my masters in literature at Wake Forest University. I plan to go on to pursue my Ph.D. in literature and writing.
My scholarly interests include Shakespeare performance, women in literature and theater, New Zealand literature, epistemology and linguistics in fantasy novels, and contemporary conflict literature.
A few of my favorite authors are Shakespeare, Marlowe, Khaled Hosseini, George Orwell, Pearl Buck, Victor Hugo, Madeleine L’Engle, C.S. Lewis, Irene Zabytko, Francine Rivers, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
My non-literary interests include ballroom, latin, contra, and swing dancing; theater; creative writing; and riding horses.
My Work and Projects
Publications Editor and Writer – Classical Conversations
- Words Aptly Spoken: Short Stories
- Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents
- Words Aptly Spoken: Children’s Literature (Part A, B)
- Words Aptly Spoken: American Literature
- Words Aptly Spoken: British Literature
- Discovering Atomos
Web Writer and Designer – Classical Conversations
- Blog design and maintenance: http://1smartmama.blogspot.com
- PR blog writing: http://warriorperspectives.blogspot.com
Other Publications
- “Off the Shoulder.” Philomathean 35, Bridgewater College, April 2008. Fiction.
- “Anything but Average.” Brio & Beyond. June 2006. Nonfiction.
- “Dealing in Unmentionables: The truth about sex trafficking.” Philomathean 33, Bridgewater College, April 2006. Nonfiction.
Conference Presentations
- “Trumpet to a Red-Look’d Anger: Paulina’s Courtly Speech in The Winter’s Tale.” 29th annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum, Plymouth State University, April 2008
- “Recreating the Restoration Woman: Tate’s A History of King Lear.” Mid-America Theatre Conference, March 2008
- “Recreating the Restoration Woman: Tate’s A History of King Lear.” VMI Undergraduate Research Shakespeare Conference, November 2007
- “Awakening from a Dream: Activity and Passivity in The Dream of the Rood.” 2nd annual Undergraduate Conference on Literature and Creative Writing, Tusculum College, March 2006
