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Biography

My research interests include 19th century Irish and British folklore and literature, Gothic and fairy tale influences, and the relationship between dominant and marginalized spiritual belief systems. I am currently working on a dissertation titled "'Half Religion...Half Poetry': Belief and Cultural Authority in Irish Texts, 1845-1916," a project which places canonical and nontraditional texts side by side to explore the relationship between belief, knowledge transmission, and power. I am also beginning work on a Public Humanities project which brings together Victorian and our own contemporary ghost stories.

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute Summer Research Fellow, 2024

Dedman College Research Cluster, ERAH Graduate Student Conference, 2024

MLA Public Humanities Incubator Program, 2024