I first fell in love with archival literary research as an undergraduate at Ohio University. I went on to earn a Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024, where I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in English.

I’m dedicated to the study of the race relations in 19th- and 20th-century anticapitalist movements, seeking deeper understandings of the US radical cultural tradition and communicating a usable past for current rabble-rousers.

My teaching ranges from traditional classroom settings to community talks and public conferences. Similarly, my writing has appeared in both peer-reviewed academic journals such as College Literature and popular online magazines such as Belt.

"Democracy, by definition, cannot mean merely that an unskilled worker can become skilled. It must mean that every 'citizen' can 'govern' and that society places him ... in a general condition to achieve this." —Antonio Gramsci, "On Education"