Education
Ph.D.
English Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
expected June 2028
M.A.
English Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
June 2024
Exam Fields: Twenty-first Century Literature in Formation, Twentieth Century Anglophone Caribbean, British, and African Literature, Modern Culture and Critical Theory
B.A.
English Major and History Minor, Lafayette College
May 2022
summa cum laude with honors in English
Publications
Longform Public-Facing Articles:
“Clap Roti: Recipe and Reckoning.” Tides: The Magazine of the South Asian American Digital Archive, July 27, 2023.
Fellowships and Grants
Feminist Futures Center, Gender, Race, and Heath Summer Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2026
Feminist Futures Center, Graduate Fellow for the Pedagogy Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2026
The Center for Black Studies, Kennedy/Graves Research Fund for Archival Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2025
Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, Summer Research Grant in Migration Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2025
Graduate Student Association, Conference Travel Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2023
Conference Activity
Participant
2026
“Rhizomatic Caribbean Foodways in Buxton Spice.” Modern Language Association, Toronto, Canada, January 8-11, 2026.
2025
“Methodologies of Plotting: Elucidations of Feminist Caribbean Culinary Histories in Novel and Archive.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, Georgia,November 6-8, 2025.
2023
“Indo-Diasporic Women Poets: Writing and Reorientations of the Kala Pani.” Caribbean Studies Association, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, June 5- 9, 2023.
Organizer
2026
Graduate Student Organizer and Facilitator, “Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Visit with Dr. Oneka LaBennett.” University of California, Santa Barbara, April 26, 2026.
2025
Graduate Student Organizer, “Theatrical Jazz Creation Lab and Workshop: Blue, Gold, and Butterflies.” University of California, Santa Barbara, May 9-11, 2025.
2024
Student Assistant, “Carnival Workshop: Power, Performance, and Play.” UNCF/Mellon Faculty Summer Teaching and Learning Institute, Xavier University of Louisiana, July 18-21, 2024.
Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
Guest Lectures
2025
“Jahaji Bahin: Indentured Indian Women’s Kinship, Resistance, and Survival in Jahajin by Peggy Mohan,” Introduction to Caribbean Studies, Professor Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley, University of California, Santa Barbara. October 2025.
Invited Talks
2025
Panelist, English Graduate Student Teaching Associate Training, University of
California, Santa Barbara. September 2025.
2025
Panelist, Introduction to Graduate Study, University of California, Santa Barbara. September 2025.
Research Positions
2024-2026
Research Assistant, Hemispheric South/s Graduate Research Center, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2025
Research Assistant, Arnhold Research Project on Sylvia Wynter, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
2022
Co-Convener and Graduate Student Research Assistant, Caribbean Studies Research Focus Group, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Professional Services
2024-2026
Graduate Student Assistant, MultiCultural Center, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2022-2023
Co-Representative, Committee of Graduate Students for the English Department, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
2025
Introduction to African American Literature, Professors Matt Richardson and Candice Lyons, Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Summer 2025 and Spring 2026.
2024
Introduction to Caribbean Studies, Professor Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley, Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and Fall 2025.
2024
Comparative Ethnic Literatures: “Race, Space, and Representation,” Professor Felice Blake, English, University of California, Santa Barbara. Winter 2024, Spring 2025, Winter 2026.
2023
“Migrant Ecologies: Global Displacement and Climate Change,” Professor Heidi Amin-Hong, English, University of California, Santa Barbara. Fall 2023.
Awards
2022
Co-Valedictorian, Lafayette College
2022
Class of 1883 Prize for Demonstrated Excellence in English, Lafayette College
2022
The Gilbert Prize for Demonstrated Superiority in English, Lafayette College
2022
Eugene P. Chase Phi Beta Kappa Prize, Lafayette College
2018-2022
Full-Tuition Scholarship, Posse Foundation
Professional Memberships
Caribbean Studies Association
Modern Language Association
