I am a comparatist whose research is focused on receptions of classical literature in the European Middle Ages into Italian, French, and English vernacular languages. I also do work on medieval Latin commentaries, mythographies, and academic writing. Currently, I work on representations of gender in medieval literatures, particularly how gender roles are reinforced or queered through literary device, character voice and action, and narrative expectation. I'm especially interested representations of expression in medieval literature, and how non-verbal expression is framed within a literary medium. My research also touches on wider topics of identity during the global Middle Ages, including cross-cultural reception and adaptation, race and identity, Mediterranean geographies, and women's mystical writing.

You can find out more about my past and current projects here.

I have taught a wide variety of  literature courses at the university/college level since 2009 that have covered topics from mythology, global medieval literatures, autobiography and memoir, critical theory, as well as modern novels, poetry, short stories, and other media. I'm especially passionate about teaching first year seminars and preparing students to engage with literary interpretation and critical analysis at the college level. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to teach with the Montserrat First Year Seminar Program at the College of the Holy Cross from 2022-2024, where my students won awards for their writing both years I taught for the program.

I have also taught Italian language and culture since 2014: I've been able to offer these courses across a variety of contexts, from tradition seminar classes in university and college classrooms, to intensive accelerated classes, and at private institutions such as the International Language Institute in Northampton, MA. I am currently the director of Italian Studies at High Point University, where I've had the opportunity to build upon that  program, revising our minor, developing new courses such as Italian Society through Film, Studies in the Italian Canon, and a new Maymester program in Sorrento, and enrolling our program into Gamma Kappa Alpha – the National Italian Honor Society.