EDUCATION
| 2017- | Ph.D. in English Literature, Rice University, Houston, TX |
| Dissertation: “Chicana Sartoriality: Self-Fashioning Towards Decolonial Futures” | |
| Committee: José Aranda (Director); Emily Houlik-Ritchey; Amarilys Estrella | |
| (Projected) Defense: May 2023 | |
| 2017-2022 | M.A. in English Literature, Rice University, Houston, TX |
| 2015-2017 | M.A. in English Literature, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
| Thesis: “Fashioning High-heeled Identity in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather in My Name.” Constance J. Post (Director) | |
| 2011-2014 | B.A. in English and Writing, Minor in History, McMurry University, Abilene, TX |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| Edited Collection |
| “Sartorial Scripts: Dress and Coloniality in the Borderlands.” Pasados: Recovering History, Imagining Latinidad. Penn Press. (Solicited, in preparation 2023).
“Ecalpon U: Radical Collegiality and Joy in Graduate Education.” Mission Driven: Reimagining Doctoral Education for a Thriving Humanities Ecosystem. Eds. Stacy Hartman and Yevgenya Strakovsky. Cowritten with Paul W.W. Burch, Brooke Clark, Meredith McCullough, Kelly McKisson, and SJ Stout. (Forthcoming PMLA 2023). |
| Public Humanities |
| “Señora Power: A Chicana Mapping Project.” Pasados: Recovering History, Imagining Latinidad. Penn Press. Co-published with Gabriela Barrios and Sophia Martinez-Abbud. Solicited. (Forthcoming 2023). |
| Creative Writing |
| “Harvey Alerts.” More City than Water: A Houston Flood Atlas. Eds. Lacy M. Johnson and Cheryl Beckett. University of Texas Press, 2022. |
| AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & FUNDING | |||
| 2022 | Visionary Partners’ Dissertation Fellowship Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rice |
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| 2022 | Graduate Fellowship Center for Civic Leadership, Rice |
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| 2022 | Clancy Taylor Summer Public Humanities Intern English Dept, Rice |
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| 2022 | Mellon Dissertation Writing Seminar Participant School of Humanities, Rice |
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| 2021 | Expanding Horizons Fellowship Office of Graduate Studies, Rice |
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| 2021 | Mellon Dissertation Writing Seminar Fellow School of Humanities, Rice |
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| 2019 | Dean of Humanities Conference, Research, and Professional Advancement Fund School of Humanities, Rice |
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| 2017 | Albert L. Walker Excellence in English Award English Dept, Iowa State University |
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| 2017 | Aubrey E. Galyon Award English Dept, Iowa State |
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| 2015 | Freda Huncke Endowment Graduate Teaching Fellowship English Dept, Iowa State |
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| 2014 | Velma Lois Schultz Poet’s Scholarship English Dept, McMurry University |
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| 2011 | Region 1-4A UIL Ready Writing District Champion | ||
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |||
| 2021-2022 | Instructor of Record, Rice University | ||
| FWIS 100, Introduction to Academic Writing: Cultural Differences in the U.S. Borderlands, Fall 2022 | |||
| ENGL 373, Survey of Chicanx Literature, Spring 2021 | |||
| 2018-2022 | Teaching Assistant, Rice University | ||
| ENGL 205, Writers on Writing, Fall 2022 | |||
| FWIS 169, What are Human Rights, Spring 2022 | |||
| ENGL 389,Youth Studies & Protest in the Time of COVID-19, Summer 2020 | |||
| ENGL 349, Nature Writing Workshop, Spring 2019 | |||
| ENGL 343, Jane Austen’s Worlds, Fall 2018 | |||
| 2015-2017 | Instructor of Record, Iowa State University | ||
| ENGL 250, Critical Thinking and Communication, Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 | |||
| ENGL 150, Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition, Fall 2015 | |||
| WRITING CONSULTATION | |
| 2022 | Fellowship Application Consultant, Center for Civic Leadership, Rice University, Summer |
| 2022 | Writing Lab Consultant, Lamar High School, Spring |
| 2022 | Graduate Writers’ Lounge Co-Leader, Center for Professional and Academic Communication (CAPC), Rice University, Spring |
| 2021 | Humanities Dissertation Camp Consultant, Rice University, Summer |
| 2020-2021 | First Year Writing Intensive Seminar Writing Coach, Rice University |
| 2018-Current | Writing Consultant, CAPC, Rice University |
| 2014-2015 | Writing Competition Judge, Ready 1-4A University Interscholastic League |
| 2013-2014 | Writing and Reading Tutor, Academic Enrichment Center, McMurry University |
| RESEARCH AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE | |
| 2019 | Archival and Research Intern, Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Summer |
| 2017-2020 | Research Assistant, Rice University |
| Helena Michie, Public Humanities Slide Design, Fall 2019 | |
| Krista Comer, Institute for Women Surfers Communication, Spring 2018 | |
| Nicole Waligora-Davis, Publication Research, Fall 2017 | |
| CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS | |
| Oct 19, 2022 | “Señora Power: A Chicana Mapping Project,” Public Intellectual Panel. Western Literature Association, Sante Fe, New Mexico |
| Apr 7, 2022 | “Chicana Mapping Project: Houston & Los Angeles,” Roundtable. XVI Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, Houston, Texas |
| Oct 17, 2019 | “Genres of Privacy,” Roundtable. North American Victorian Studies Association, Columbus, Ohio |
| Sept 18, 2019 | “(Re)Thinking Activism and Geopolitics in the Borderlands,” Panelist. Western Literature Association, Estes Park, Colorado |
| Apr 5, 2019 | “‘Otherwise Ordinary Men:’ The Geopolitics of the Borderland,” Panelist. Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Houston, Texas |
| May 3, 2018 | “Material Culture and Transnationalism in Jorge Ainslie’s Los Pochos,” Panelist. Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Mar 6, 2018 | “Poetics & Chicana Identity,” Guest Speaker & Poet. Knox-Bennet Writers Series, Abilene, Texas |
| SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION & PROFESSION | |
| 2022 | Center for Civic Leadership’s Partner Appreciation and Networking Event, Co-organizer |
| 2022 | XVI Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Conference, Tech Support |
| 2019 | Climates of Violence, Coalitions of Care Symposium, Co-organizer |
| 2019-2020 | Humanities Graduate Student Association, Board Member |
| 2018-2019 | Humanities Graduate Student Association, Co-President |
| 2016-2017 | Latin@ Graduate Student Association, Chair of Public Relations |
| 2012-2014 | Sigma Tau Delta Chapter, Vice-President |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Western Literature Association (WLA) Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literacy Heritage |
| CERTIFICATES Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Graduate Certificate |
| PRIMARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS |
| Chicana Feminism |
| Chicane and Latine Literature |
| Twentieth and Twenty-First Century US Literatures |
| Critical Race Theory |
| Feminist Theory |
| LANGUAGES |
| English (native speaker) |
| Spanish (intermediate) |