My background in education has helped broaden my research in contemporary Iberian works of crime, a niched area of study, into instruction that prioritizes accessibility and including a diverse representation of Hispanic cultures. I develop instruction that utilizes authentic materials and OER resources. As such, students are encouraged to engage more directly with products, perspectives, and practices from the broader Spanish-speaking world. For example, my publications that work with the interplay between theories of gender and affect supported the textbook-free HISP 200 Topics course, Understanding Sex and Gender via Famous Figures from the Spanish-speaking World. Similarly, my research with expressions of paranoia in Iberian crime fiction inspired the textbook-free WT course, Paranoia in Hispanic Crime Fiction. 

• Ph.D. in Spanish, Concentration in Hispanic Literatures; Doctoral Minor in Catalan, Indiana University Bloomington
• M.A. Spanish, Concentration in Hispanic Literatures, Indiana University Bloomington
• M.A.Ed., Specialization in Foreign Language (Spanish), Wake Forest University
• B.A. in Spanish, Concentration: Teaching License K-12, North Carolina Teaching Fellow, Elon University

Teaching interests include Spanish Language and Culture, Literature, Cultural Studies. Writing Published teaching materials and textbook review include:
• “¿Adónde va nuestra celebridad de vacaciones?” In L. Gurzynski-Weiss, & IATBLT. The TBLT Language Learning Task Bank. .
• “Implementing Authentic Materials in the Secondary Spanish Classroom.” Studies in Teaching Research Digest, M.A.Ed. Thesis, Wake Forest University, pp.73-8.

• “Monstrous Masculinities: Characters’ Reactions to Abjection Point to Conflicted Truths in Historical Memory and Gender in Insensibles (2012).” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 57, no. 3, 2023, pp. 585–608, .
• “Paranoia Reveals the Not-So-Secret Misogyny in Secretos de Arenal.” Hispanic Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2022.
• “Aquí parlem anglès: Parodying Paranoia in Carme Riera’s L’estiu de l’anglès.” Catalan Review, vol. 32, 2018, pp.101-116.

• Shepherd University Merit Award: Instructional performance
• Private Academic Library Network of Indiana Course Redesign Grant
• Indiana University Graduate School Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship
• IU Collins Living Learning Center Teaching Fellowship