teaching
academic
→ Resident Head, International House (2020-2024)
year-round academic adviser and pastoral counsellor within undergraduate residential community; lead extra-curricular and academic programming in 400+ student residence.
→ Instructor, “Comics at the Crossroads,” University of Chicago (2022)
an introduction to comics studies through the narrow time frame 1985-1986, a year during which four supremely influential comics—Maus, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Dark Knight Returns, and Watchmen—were published.
→ Preceptor, “Foundations of Critical Theory,” Masters of Arts Program in the Humanities, University of Chicago (2021)
→ Course Assistant, “Some Versions of Apocalypse,” University of Chicago (2021)
→ Course Assistant, “The History of the Novel,” University of Chicago (2020)
→ Course Assistant, “Critical Videogame Studies,” University of Chicago (2019)
→ Teaching Assistant, “Superheroes, Race, and Social Justice,” Lehigh University (2016)
volunteer
→ Instructor, Saint Leonard's Ministries (2022-2024)
→ Reading Group Leader, “The Other Great Comics,” First Aid Comics (2017)
research experience
→ Reference Image Researcher, Megascope / ABRAMS ComicArts (2020-2921)
→ Research Assistant, Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University (2016-2017)
art by David Brame