Achieved Degrees

AB (English), University of Michigan, 2017
MA (English Literature), Bowling Green State University, 2019

Selected Publications

“He appeared […] clad only in a pair of low-cut blue jeans:” Incipient Female Gazing at The Outsiders (1983).” 22 Sept. 2020. https://s.wayne.edu/waynepop2020/2020/09/22/blue-profitt/.

"Regressive Sex-and-Gender Tropes in Stoker's 'Dracula' and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer.'" Watcher Junior. 10.1 (2017). 1-12.

Interests

Postwar U.S. coming-of-age cinema, gender performance, and representation, film
phenomenology, affect theory

Plus, popcorn, red shoes, and ‘Star Wars’

Conference Presentations

“In Luke More Than Luke: Incestuous Narcissism and Congenital Morality in the Star
Wars Saga.” Stars and Screen. Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2018.

“‘All Right, Everybody, Nice Self-Awareness:’ Writing a (Good) Fictionalized Version of Yourself.” Winter Wheat. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2018.

"‘I’m telling you, there is something off about that girl:’ The Female Sociopath in
Insatiable.” Ray Browne Conference. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2019.

“‘Hokey Religions’ and ‘Thy Weapons Ancient:’ William Shakespeare’s Star Wars and Sinful Adaptation.” Pop Culture Consortium Conference: Telling & Retelling Stories: (Re)imagining Popular Culture. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2019.

“Bass Guitars, Bed Sheets, and Broken Engagements: Beatlemania as Feminine
Subjectivity in I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978).” Pop Culture Consortium Conference: Disruptions, Gaps, Transitions, and Leaps. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 2021.

Teaching Experience

ENG 101: Introduction to College Writing (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Instructor of Record (Bowling Green State University)
General Studies Writing 1110: Introduction to Academic Writing (Bowling Green State University)
GSW 1120: Academic Writing and Gothic Horror (Bowling Green State University)
GSW 1120: Academic Writing and Teen Television (Bowling Green State University)
ENG 2650: British Literature Survey 1660-1945 (Bowling Green State University)
ENG 4650: Deconstruction and Psychoanalysis (Bowling Green State University)

Academic Awards

Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award in English, 2021

Teaching Experience

English 101: Introduction to College Writing
English 102: College Writing and Research