I received both my B.A. (2012) and M.A. (2015) in Classics from Texas Tech University, where I subsequently had the privilege to serve as a full-time instructor (2015 - 2018), primarily teaching Latin. I was also fortunate enough to gain experience in copyediting, and the publication process more broadly, as the Editorial Assistant for the American Journal of Philology from May 2014 until August 2018. This academic year (2024-2025), I am delighted to be joining the Classics department of Colorado College as a Visiting Assistant Professor, as well as defending my dissertation, Constructing Flavian Divinity through City Destructions, in January.

My M.A. research focused on spectacle and spectacular violence under the principate of Nero, as represented in the literature of later periods, particularly in the accounts of the historians and in satire. Since entering the dissertation phase of the PhD, Flavian Rome has captured my attention. My project centers on destructive capacity, and more specifically the actual destruction of human and natural landscapes in Judaea, as central to Flavian self-representation, as reflected in literature, art, and numismatics. My dissertation also examines instances in which this narrative of destructive control is subverted or reimagined in representations hostile to the Flavians, e.g., certain Trajanic literature and Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic texts. Last fall, I presented my research at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting and at Sicily in the Flavian World, a conference hosted at the Exedra Mediterranean Center.

Alongside my research, I have continued to develop as an instructor during my time at Princeton, serving as an Assistant in Instruction for several courses (Citizenships Ancient and Modern, Latin 108, Pompeii, Ancient Sport and Spectacle), as well as co-teaching a new class co-developed with Prof. Caroline Cheung on Food and Dining in the Roman World through Princeton’s Collaborative Teaching Initiative. In addition, beginning in 2021, I volunteered as an instructor/tutor for the Prison Teaching Initiative, leading courses at both Edna Mahan Women’s Correctional Facility and East Jersey State Prison. As a VAP at Colorado College, I will be teaching a blend of Classical language and in-translation courses, including a new course I have developed for the spring: Consumption and Conservation in the Roman World.

Please feel free to get in touch if you have questions about the Classics program at Princeton or about the Prison Teaching Initiative!