I am an Associate Professor of Teaching in Feminist Media Studies and Popular Culture in the Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice Undergraduate Program. I am also the Undergraduate co-Chair and Advisor for the GRSJ and CSIS programs.

I teach courses on social media, folk and fairy tales, vampires, science fiction and fantasy, social justice storytelling, youth activism, fandoms, and monsters.

My research focuses on fairy-tale motifs in vampire popular culture and I am working on a project about the use of fairy tales in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a book project on reading, writing, and teaching about monsters. Recent research is on fandoms and fan culture, looking at the gendered, sexual, and racial politics of shipping with a focus on The Vampire Diaries and the The 100 and I recently developed a course on fandoms and social justice. I am a big nerd, love to teach, and love to talk about social justice, books, pop culture, and cats! Come by office hours and say hello!

Media Studies