Education
The Ohio State University
PhD in English
Dissertation: “A Tempestuous Romance: Chivalry, Literature, and Anglo-Spanish Politics, 1578-1616.” Directed by Jennifer Higginbotham.
MA in English Literature; May 2012
The Honors College at Stony Brook, The State University of New York
BA in English, May 2010, summa cum laude
University of Granada, Spain
Certificate, Spanish Language and Literature, June 2008
Selected Presentations and Talks
“Nations at War, Cultures in Competition: Translating Empire in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene.” Iberian Literature and Culture in Tudor England, Newcastle University, U.K. July 14th-16th, 2016.
Invited talk. “Shakespeare, Censorship, and the Spanish Book Trade.” Theater Without Borders Conference. Paris, France. June 27th – 30th, 2016.
“From Boscán and Marlowe to Jonson and Góngora: Transnational Approaches to Hero and Leander.” Shakespeare Association of America, New Orleans, LA. March 23-26th, 2016.
Roundtable speaker and paper delivered, “Caliban, the Monster: Shakespeare, Empire, and ‘the copiousness of his Invention.’” Shakespeare’s Day 2016, sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, February 19th, 2016.
Roundtable speaker and paper delivered, “Medievalism in the General Education Classroom.” 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Studies in Medievalism; Pittsburgh, PA; October 2nd, 2015.
“A ‘Prospero(us)’ Wind: Shakespeare’s Turn to Spain in The Tempest.” Pre-Circulated Paper for “Literary Romance.” Shakespeare Association of America, Vancouver, BC. April 2nd, 2015.
“‘[T]hou Saint George shalt called bee, / Saint George of mery England’: Chivalric Iconography and Anglo-Spanish Relations in Spenser’s Faerie Queene.” Sixteenth Century Society Conference, New Orleans, LA. Oct. 16th-19th, 2014. Abstract published in The Spenser Review 44.3 (Winter 2015).
“Thoughts on a ‘Pimp-Errant and His Squire’: Jonson’s Nod to Cervantes in Bartholomew Fair.” Assessing Early Modern Anglo-Iberianism: Culture Crossing National Boundaries, Northeast Modern Languages Association; Harrisburg, PA; April 5th, 2014.
“Caballerías and ‘Idle’ Female Readers: Anglo-Iberian Hostilities and the Decline of Romance.” What’s Class Got to Do With It? Sponsored by the Renaissance English Text Society, Renaissance Society of America; New York, NY; March 27th, 2014.
“Female Translators and Their Detractors: Theories of Early Modern Translation in Development.” Conceptualizing Translation Theory, Northeast Modern Languages Association; Boston, MA; March 27th 2013.
“The Translator “Wade[s]” In the Search of Truth: Margaret Tyler’s Mirrour of Princely Deedes and Knighthood.” Sixteenth Century Society and Conference; Cincinnati, OH; Oct. 27th, 2012.