When asked where I’m from, I often say: many places, including North Carolina, France, and the Chicagoland area. I have also spent time in Italy and Morocco. Each place I have lived has shaped my love of languages, literature, and creative writing. I consider myself a lifelong learner, which is evidenced by my experience as a student and teacher at various institutions.

I completed my undergraduate work at Mount Holyoke College (BA, English and Italian). My graduate studies took me all of the world. I attended the Université de Nantes (“Master 1,” Comparative Literature), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (MA, World & Comparative Literature), and the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (PhD, Comparative Literature). In 2018, I earned an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. I began teaching at the university level at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. At Michigan, I was also fortunate enough to have taught for the Comparative Literature, French, and English Departments, as well as the Summer Bridge Scholars Program. From 2015-2022, I taught interdisciplinary writing seminars in the Princeton Writing Program. At Princeton University, I also taught a Freshman Seminar and in the Freshman Scholars Institute.

Currently, I teach business writing in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. I’m incredibly grateful for the intellectual and creative communities that I have been a part of for more than a decade.