1985 b. Indianapolis, Indiana

2007 B.A., English, summa cum laude, University of San Diego

2009 M.A., English & American Literature, New York University

2015 Ph.D., English, University of Minnesota

2015–18 Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Literature, Media & Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology

2018–19 Assistant Editor, Reference, Oxford University Press

2020– English Teacher, York Preparatory School