• You had then left unseen a wonderful piece of work

    Antony and Cleopatra

  • Here's goodly work!

    Coriolanus

  • I went round to work

    Hamlet

  • She works by charms, by spells, by the figure

    Merry Wives of Windsor

I am a PhD student at York University with a focus on pedagogy and drama (particularly Shakespeare). My dissertation examines study guides like SparkNotes and their place in youth education and reading cultures.

  • McMaster University, Masters in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory

    University of Toronto, Bachelor in Literary Studies and Physics (Honours with High Distinction)

  • SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship

    2023/2024 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

    Terry Buckland Award for Diversity and Equity in Education (As Founder of Thrive UofT, an anti-sexual violence lobbying and research group)

  • TA, York University:

    Shakespeare (EN3535) (FW 2024-2025; FW 2025-2026)

    Intextualities (EN1002) (W 2025)

    The Writer’s Introduction to Literary Forms (EN1006) (F 2024)

    Introduction to Child and Youth Studies (CCY1999) (FW 2023-2024)

    TA, McMaster University:

    Introduction to Theatre, Cinema and Society (THTRFLM 1T03) (W2021)

    Making and Unmaking Literary Traditions (ENGLISH 1G03) (F2020)

  • “Speak Plain Soldier: Henry V and the Study Guide” in AP/EN 3535 A  (Shakespeare) (Fall/Winter 2026) at York University

    “You will lose, my lord: Hamlet and the Future Tense” in AP/EN 3535 A  (Shakespeare) (Fall/Winter 2025 and Summer 2024) at York University

    “Teen Talk: Romeo and Juliet and Youth Culture” in AP/EN 3535 A  (Shakespeare) (Summer 2024) at York University

    “People don’t do this: Hedda Gabler and Euripides” in AP/EN 2140A (Drama) (Summer 2024 ) at York University

    “Narratology, Digital Humanities, and To Kill a Mockingbird” in AP/EN1006 A  (A Writer's Introduction to Literary Forms Fall) (Fall/Winter 2023) at York University

  • “‘I speak to thee plain soldier’: Henry V and the Global Study Guide” at Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies Conference (co-sponsored with the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English) at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Toronto Ontario (Summer 2025)

    “Bastard Sexualities in King Lear” at the 120th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference in Portland, Oregon (Fall 2023)

    “I cannot but be sad: Trauma, Grief, and The Limits of Perspective in Richard II” at the Critical Disability Studies Students' Association Colloquium at York University (Summer 2023)

    “A Wizard in the Life Lab: Dungeons and Dragons as Autobiography” at the ICA Game Studies Preconference at University of Toronto Mississauga (Spring 2023)

    “None Soul, Left Meat: The Disembodied Reader in the Locked Tomb Series” at York University’s EGSA Colloquium (Spring 2023)

    “Meeting Mary: Recognition and Silence in the Medical Archive” at McMaster University’s MadChats: An Introduction to Mad Studies (Summer 2021)

    “Spoken World Poetry: bpNichol and Eco-criticism” at the University of Toronto Literature and Critical Theory Student Union's Annual Conference (Winter 2020)