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Education

Ph.D. Literature, The Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas, (2012)

M. English, University of Dallas, 2008

B.A. History, Covenant College, 2004

Research Areas

·         Shakespeare

·         The English Sonnet Tradition

·         The Rhetorical Tradition

Scholarship

“A Merry War: Shakespeare’s Revision of Bandello.” Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference 1 (2009): 43-57. 

“Cosmos and Kosmos in Donne’s ‘Death be not Proud’”; The Association for Core Texts and Courses, April 2009

“Perdita: The Fulcrum of The Winter’s Tale”; Symposium of The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture, February 2008

“Love’s Resilience: Shakespeare’s Linguistic Alternative to Bandello”; Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, October 2007

Awards

M. Rick Smith Memorial Graduate Student Essay Prize — 2007

Disney Hands Creative Teacher Nominee — 2006

Braniff Scholarship Recipient, University of Dallas — 2005-present

Ministry Grant Recipient, Covenant College — 2004

Presidential Scholarship Recipient, Covenant College —2000-2004

Teaching Experience

Writing Tutor, University of Dallas; Irving, TX — 2008-present

Adjunct Faculty, Northlake College; Irving, TX — 2008-present

Rhetoric School Teacher, Covenant Christian Academy; Colleyville, TX — 2004-2007