Academic CV
EDUCATION
Birkbeck, University of London, 2024 - ongoing
PhD Student in Creative Writing
Researching the role of humour in medical memoirs written by women
Boston University, Boston, 2005 - 2007
Master of Science in Journalism
Including BU’s London Graduate Journalism Program, arts criticism focus
Case Western Reserve University, 2001 - 2005
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies
Minors: English and Religious Studies
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ACCADEMIC SERVICE
Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE), 2024 - ongoing
Creative Writing Network Lead
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PRESENTATIONS
The role of time and gender in medical memoirs by women
CHASE Encounters Conference Autumn 2024 - Temporal Tapestries: Weaving Memory, Time, and Future Visions in Research, Online, 26 – 27 November 2024
The future is female: Women writing themselves into the medical lexicon
The Futures Conference, Birkbeck’s School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communications conference, 27 June 2024
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WRITING WORKSHOPS – PARTICIPANT
Broadly Conceived CHASE DPT retreat at Gladstone Library, 2024
Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop University of Dayton, 2023
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City Lit Advanced Non-fiction Writing Workshop, 2023
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Summer Memoir Workshop, 2023
Artists’ Recovery Club, 2022 - 2024
Jersey City Writers, Non-Fiction Group, 2018 - 2020