Masters of Fine Arts in English: Creative Writing, Fiction; Hollins University, Present

Masters in English: Creative Writing, Fiction; University of Southern Mississippi, 2023-2025

Bachelors in English: Licensure in ELA Secondary Education; University of Southern Mississippi, 2019-2021

Associates of General Science: Pearl River Community College, Poplarville MS, 2017-2018

Folklore Review, Hattiesburg MS, Editor-in-Chief, August 2023 – Present

Mississippi Review, Hattiesburg MS, Assistant Editor, January 2023 and January 2020

Product Magazine, Hattiesburg MS, Fiction Editor and Publicity, January 2023 and January 2020

TEACHING

University of Southern Mississippi

Instructor of Record

Fall 2024                      ENG 101: Introduction to Composition

Taught students and evaluated student work, providing feedback to help their understanding of writing composition. Created lessons and assignments surrounding textual analysis, visual analysis, and argumentative writing.  

Course Grader

Spring and Fall 2023    ENG 203: World Literature (online)

Graded and commented on hundreds of assignments, including discussion boards, essay of literary analysis, and creative-critical works.

Pearl River Central Middle School

2021 - 2022                  English Language Arts 7th Grade

Taught students and evaluated student work, providing feedback to help their understanding of language arts. Utilized state and common core standards to develop units, lessons, and assignments.

TUTORING EXPERIENCE

University of Southern Mississippi

Writing Center Tutor

Fall 2023 and 2024       Tutor of Writing

Facilitated in person, virtual, and asynchronous meetings with students, assisting them in course work associated with writing across various disciplines.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“Finding Setsuko: Trauma Neurosis and Repression in Haruki Murakami’s the Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,” English Graduate Conference on the Uncanny and Unconscious at the University of Southern Mississippi. April 2024.

WORKSHOPS

“Tiny Fiction: Crafting Flash and Micro Fiction,” Community workshop at the University of Southern Mississippi, Creative Writing Day, Hattiesburg MS. March 2025

“USM Center for Writers’ Creative Writing Workshop,” Community workshop at the Mississippi Book Festival, MS Book Fest, Jackson, MS. September 2024

“Twisting Fairy Tales: Subversion in Fairy Tale Adaptations,” Community workshop at the University of Southern Mississippi, Creative Writing Day, Hattiesburg MS. October 2024

CAMPUS TALKS

“Craft Talk,” English Program, University of Southern Mississippi. March 2025

“Challenges of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Literature Classroom,” English Program, University of Southern Mississippi. May 2024

Fiction Award for “Yellow,” Product Magazine, 2025

English Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Southern Mississippi, 2024

Howard W. Bahr Achievement Scholar, University of Southern Mississippi, 2020

Personal Essay Award for “Melanie,” Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association, 2019

Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Creative Writing Student, Pearl River Community College, 2019

University of Southern Mississippi

Reading Series Coordinator, English Graduate Student Organization, University of Southern Mississippi, 2024-2025

The Yokshop, Community workshop at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. June 2024.

President and Founder, Game Studies Group, University of Southern Mississippi, 2020-2021

Officer, Sigma Tau Delta, University of Southern Mississippi, 2020-2021

Pearl River Community College

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Fundraising, Leadership Honors Form, Pearl River Community College, Spring 2018