About

I am a Ph.D. candidate in literature and teaching associate at the University of Texas at Dallas. I’m also a writer and the former senior editor and fiction editor of the quarterly Southwest Review.

 

Education

Ph.D. The University of Texas at Dallas, Literature (in progress)

M.A. The University of Texas at Dallas, Literature

M.Phil. Cambridge, Historical Studies

B.A. Southern Methodist University, History

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Peer-reviewed Articles:

    “The Human Animal in Cortázar’s ‘Axolotl,'” Border Crossing, Volume 14, No 1
    (Transnational Press London, 2024)

     

    Projects

    My doctoral work examines uncertainty in fiction spanning the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries.

    Upcoming Talks and Conferences

    “The Restraint of Silence in Heart of Darkness,” Joseph Conrad: Tyranny and Revolution, Modern Language Association, January 2025

    Memberships

    American Comparative Literature Association

    Joseph Conrad Society of America

    Modern Language Association

    South Central Modern Language Association

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