ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS 

"Narrative Education: Arts-Based Curricula for Identity and Empathy Development” 

• Abstract: This thesis establishes a case for educational reform with specific emphasis on the power of arts-based educational efforts to develop identity and empathy in American undergraduates. It argues the necessity of empathy in an increasingly connected yet divisive world and outlines ways educators can better accommodate for and accelerate its development. Asserting the importance of cohesive identity narratives in dialogical interaction, it draws upon the pedagogical power of art, which is defined as creative narration, to help students develop and Express their stories of self. This kind of preparation, it argues, equips students to forge connections within themselves and to others. To apply and test this argument, these topics were translated into a five-week identity-based art curriculum and taught to Emory University undergraduates. Through both theoretical claim and experimental application, this thesis outlines ways for educators to foster creativity, narrativity, vulnerability, and empathy within - and outside – the classroom.

• Awarded Highest Honors by the Emory University Institute for Liberal Arts

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 POETRY 

“tidsoptimist” 

• Rainy Day: Volume XLVII, No.2, Fall 2017

“stain” 

• Indiana Review: Undergraduate Edition, 2016 

“coal” 

• Outrageous Fortune Volume 8.2, Spring 2017 

• The Pulse: Anthology of the Arts Volume VII

“ruelle” 

• The Quaker Literary Magazine

"bagasse” 

• The Pulse: Anthology of the Arts Volume VIII

“Inuksuk” 

• The Pulse: Anthology of the Arts Volume VIII

“Alexithymia” 

• The Pulse: Anthology of the Arts Volume VII

“melanite” 

• The Quaker Literary Magazine

“mucko-chummo” 

• The Quaker Literary Magazine

 MEMOIR 

“Looking in All Directions: An Irish Toast to Uncertainty”

• DISoriented Travel Writing Edition Spring 2018 

“St. John”

• 2018 Grace Abernethy Scholarship in Nonfiction

  • "Her creative instincts, clear visuals and command of animated language breathe life into a house – a vacation house – that defined her youth, lives in her heart, and will comfortably take residence in the mind of any reader." -Emory University English/Creative Writing Department

“Understandable”

• Boston University's Hoochie Media Project, 2018 

• Emory Feminists in Action Online Blog and Spring 2018 Zine (below)

 ACADEMIC WRITING 

“Imperfection and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” 

• Annie Hall Writing Award: Critical/Theoretical Undergraduate Essay Contest - First Place