​Education

2014

Master of Arts, English

University of North Carolina at Charlotte​

 

2009

Bachelor of Arts, English & French

Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island

      Undergraduate thesis: "The Elocution of Memory: Literary Impressionism in the Works of Katherine Mansfield"

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Alcott Scholarship & Study

 

2020-2026​​​​

Let Genius Burn: Co-creator, co-writer and co-host of the podcast about the life of Louisa May Alcott.

      Featuring a biography of Alcott written in chapters, including "Louisa as Activist" and "Louisa as Celebrity" as well as interviews with prominent scholars, authors, artists, playwrights, and actors. Let Genius Burn has garnered hundreds of thousands of downloads in ​​its six year tenure and serves as an archive of Alcott study and history as well as a hub of connection for Alcott fans around the world.​

 

​​2009-2014​

Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House: Guide & Educator

       As a guide and educator at Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House, I helped to design educational programming and special tours, including a collaboration about the Alcotts and abolitionist history. I worked to develop and expand international museum membership. I also managed an internship project to archive materials from a collection of papers by William Torrey Harris.

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Alcott Presentations

 

July 2023

“It’s All Vegetables!": Ethical and Sustainable Eating with Louisa May Alcott

Thoreau Society Annual Gathering

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May 2023

Off the ‘Treadmill’: What Abigail Alcott’s Ethics Can Teach Us About Life After Capitalism

American Literature Association Annual Conference

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July 2022

Old Story, New Ending: Crossing Transcendentalism with Ecofeminism to Conjure Cuba in ‘Pauline’s Passion and Punishment’

Thoreau Society Annual Gathering

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July 2022

The Fruitlands Effect: How the Utopian Experiment Influenced Louisa May Alcott’s Life and Work

Fruitlands Museum

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April 2022

Alcotts Ahead of Their Time

Milton House Museum, Wisconsin

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Nov 2021

Celebrating Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott Society Annual Gathering

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May 2020

The Many Faces of Little Women

Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, Colorado

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Jan 2020

Little Women: How a Book for Girls Captured the American Imagination

Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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July 2016

Farmer’s Drudge: Representations of Farmers in the Work of Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House Summer Conversational Series