Education and Work Experience
Expected 2028
Stanford University | PhD Candidate, Department of English | Knight-Hennessy Scholar
2021-2022
Dwight Hall at Yale | Communications and Alumni Engagement Associate
2021
Yale University | B.A. in English | Nonfiction Creative Writing Concentration | cum laude
Teaching and Tutoring
Spring 2023
Stanford University | Teaching Assistant
ENGLISH 11B: Introduction to English II: American Literature and Culture to 1855
Summer 2021
Yale Young Global Scholars | Solving Global Challenges Interdisciplinary Program Instructor
Seminar: James Baldwin and the (De)Formation of American Identity
Seminar: Let’s Go Viral (and Make it Count!)
Seminar: Is that Racist?
2019-2021
Yale University Poorvu Writing Center | ENGL 114, ENGL 120 Undergraduate Course Writing Fellow | Undergraduate Writing Fellow
2018-2020
Matriculate | College Advising Fellow
2017-2019
REACH New Haven | College Advising Fellow
Institutional Service
2022-2023
Stanford University, English Department | Undergraduate Senior Thesis Advisor
Stanford University, English Department | Graduate Student Conference Coordinator
Stanford University, English Department | Graduate Student Admit Committee
Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford University | First-Generation Low-Income (FLI) Advisory Board Founder and Member
Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford University | Humanities Advisory Board Founder and Member
Stanford University | First-Generation Low-Income Graduate Mentor
2021-2022
1stGenYale | Volunteer Interviewer
Academic Conferences and Publications
Presenter, “Dissolving the Door: David’s Queer and Straight-Passing Identity Mediated in Giovanni’s Room’s Reflective Frame,” African American Literature and Culture Society, American Literature Association, Boston, MA, May 2023.
Alumni Panelist, “Being the First But Not the Last 2023 Conference,” 1stGenYale, New Haven, CT April 2023.
“A Ballad and a Riot: Analyzing Gwendolyn Brooks’ Shift in Style and Her Exploration of Black Autonomy,” Yale Historical Review, 2020.
Fellowships and Awards
2022-2025
Knight-Hennessy Fellowship | Knight-Hennessy Scholar
2021
Jonathan Edwards College | Creative Writing Prize
Yale Daily News Magazine | Honorable Mention for Wallace Prize
Jonathan Edwards College | The Robert Perkins Award
Yale Undergraduate Research Association | 2nd Place Yale Senior Showcase
2020, 2021
Dwight Hall at Yale | Community Response Fellowship
2020
Yale Fellowships | Domestic Summer Award
2018, 2019
Yale’s Matriculate Chapter | Advising Fellow Award
2019
Yale Fellowships | International Summer Award
2018
Yale English Department | J. Edgar Meeker Prize for Poetry
2017-2021
QuestBridge | National QuestBridge Scholar
Elks Foundation | Most Valuable Student Scholarship