Contact Information
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-176
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Research Interests
- 20th and 21st Century Hispanic Literature
- Environmental Studies
- Water and Ocean Studies
- Transatlantic Studies
- Postcolonial Studies
Education
Ph.D. Candidate in Spanish Literatures and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A. in Comparative Literatures and Cultures, Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale
B.A. in European and American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale
Grants
Story and Place Fellowship, Human Research Institute (2025–2026)
Conference Participation Grant, Graduate College (2025)
Dissertation Travel Grant, Graduate College (2024)
Tinker Fellowship, Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies (2024)
Conference Travel Grant, Department of Spanish & Portuguese (2023, 2024)
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Spanish & Portuguese (2023, 2024, 2025)
Awards and Honors
First Prize, Image of Research (2025)
Conference Participation Award, Department of Spanish and Portuguese (2025)
Courses Taught
SPAN 130: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 142: Spanish in the Professions
SPAN 200: Reading in Hispanic Texts
SPAN 228: Spanish Composition
SPAN 254: Approaches to Culture