Position/Role
Assistant Professor
Department
Building
New Academic Building
Room
3008
Phone
E-mail
Courses Taught
- EL 3500: Literature Across Cultures I: Analysis
- EL 6510: Foundations of U.S. Literature
Degrees
- University of Iowa, PhD in English
- The College of New Jersey, BA in English & Creative Writing
Research Interests
- Queer studies, African American literature, postplantation studies, the queer bildungsroman
Publications
- Black Flights: The Flying African Myth in Postplantation Literature. University of Iowa Press, 2027 (forthcoming).
Articles:
- “‘Anyone Can Fly’: The Flying African Myth and the Afterlives of Slavery in Children’s Literature.” College Literature 53.1, Winter 2026, pp. 96–123.
- “Athletics, Accommodation, and the Labor Question in Ellison’s ‘Afternoon.’” Journal of Modern Literature 48.2, Winter 2025, pp. 1–19.
- “The Mis-Education of Buster and Riley: Flight and Transgenerational Conflict in Ralph Ellison’s Short Fiction.” African American Review 54.3, Fall 2021, pp. 185–198.
Office Hours
Mon. & Weds., 11:30–1:30pm