I earned a Master’s of Arts in Communication with a focus in media literacy, and visual theory at Georgia State University, where I also served as an instructor of record. My academic research examines ethics when representing the Shoah in Polish cinema. I presented “Coated In Blackness: Blackness As A Means For Disposal Of The Jewish Body” and “Finding Ground To Place Our Stones: Vital Materiality and Jewish Dispossession in Polish Cinema” at the 2016 and 2017 conferences of the Society for Cinema & Media Studies, held in Chicago and Toronto, respectively.

I am the recipient of the Harold Davis Outstanding Graduate Service Award at Georgia State University and was named a Garnet and Gold Scholar at Florida State University. I earned my B.A. from Florida State University, completing an honors thesis titled The Art of Adaptation Through the Analysis of Stanley Kubrick Films.

Supervisors: Jennifer M. Barker, PhD and Christina Parker-Flynn, PhD