Education

M.A. Linguistics, University of Virginia 2021

B.A. English Literature, Bethel College 2017

B.A. TESOL, Bethel College 2017

Research Interests

Central Appalachia, Multimodality, Literacy and Orality, Class and Education, Cultural
Geography

My research considers intergenerational place-making amidst displacement and diaspora in
Central Appalachia. I am interested in the role of multimodal narrative performance in the
negotiation and creation of place in the face of land dispossession for conservation and
extraction.