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I joined RIC’s English Department in 2025 as Assistant Professor of First Year Writing. Before coming to RIC, I taught at Queens College, CUNY, where I earned my M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I earned my Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Composition and Rhetoric. As a literacy and composition studies scholar, I research writing, writers, folks who teach writing, and the writing classroom – and, the relationships created between these acts, individuals, and spaces. My current research is on defining and imagining social justice in the ways we teach and assess writing. As a teacher, I focus on cultivating students’ confidence in their writing with a special emphasis on incorporating creative and playful pedagogies into classroom activities. My work as a creative writer is always in progress, and I am inspired by writers who blur boundaries between “creative” and “academic” thinking and writing, such as Lauren Elkin, Alexandra Hidalgo, and Kate Vieira.

As a graduate student and now as a faculty member, I’ve been an enthusiastic and active member of my labor unions. I’m a big fan of (and volunteer with) the Community Libraries of Providence.