About Me
For my undergraduate studies, I attended the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where I completed dual degrees: a B.A in French and a B.S.B.A. in international economics with a minor in mathematics. I wrote my honors thesis on the varied cinematic adaptations of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables and studied abroad in both France and Japan. Outside of the classroom, I played tenor saxophone in the Razorback Marching Band, worked for the student newspaper The Arkansas Traveler as a journalist, news editor, and op/ed columnist, and served The Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society at the local, state, and national level.
I continued my studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, completing my M.A. in French. During my studies, I served as a graduate assistant for the Language Learning Center and taught elementary and intermediate French courses. After receiving my M.A., I spent a year working as a Lecteur d'anglais at the Université du Maine in Le Mans, France, before beginning doctoral coursework at The Pennsylvania State University. During my time at Penn State, I taught courses in French language, literature, civilization, and culture at all levels. Following my comprehensive exams, I returned to France as a Lecteur d'anglais, this time spending a year teaching at the Université Lumière Lyon 2. I received my Ph.D. in August 2014 from Penn State and accepted a position as a fixed-term Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Rhodes College. After two years teaching at Rhodes, I accepted a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of French in the Department of World Languages at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In my spare time, I enjoy photography, participating in mixed martial arts, weightlifting, and classic cinema. I am also always in search of new dishes to expand my culinary talents, a reason that I took cooking classes while teaching in Lyon.
I continued my studies at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, completing my M.A. in French. During my studies, I served as a graduate assistant for the Language Learning Center and taught elementary and intermediate French courses. After receiving my M.A., I spent a year working as a Lecteur d'anglais at the Université du Maine in Le Mans, France, before beginning doctoral coursework at The Pennsylvania State University. During my time at Penn State, I taught courses in French language, literature, civilization, and culture at all levels. Following my comprehensive exams, I returned to France as a Lecteur d'anglais, this time spending a year teaching at the Université Lumière Lyon 2. I received my Ph.D. in August 2014 from Penn State and accepted a position as a fixed-term Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Rhodes College. After two years teaching at Rhodes, I accepted a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of French in the Department of World Languages at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In my spare time, I enjoy photography, participating in mixed martial arts, weightlifting, and classic cinema. I am also always in search of new dishes to expand my culinary talents, a reason that I took cooking classes while teaching in Lyon.
