Disability Studies, Book History, Romantic Literature

Makerspace Pedagogy for Reading & Writing

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ABOUT ME:

I am an Associate Professor of English at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, where I teach a range of composition, literature, and interdisciplinary courses with a focus on reading and writing as embodied practice. After completing my PhD at the University of California, Riverside, and spending a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow with UCLA, I came to the Mount to continue my dedication to creative hands-on teaching and mentorship for a diverse Californian student body. My commitment to an accessible makerspace pedagogy is grounded in both practical experience and my investment as a researcher in book history, disability studies and maker culture. I am also a member of the Mount’s Makerspace Steering Committee and I regularly lead workshops on sewing, embroidery, book arts and printing.

My current scholarly work is focused on disability and materiality in the Romantic imagination and Romanticism’s cultural legacy. I am also pursuing a new popular/scholarly project on Type 1 Diabetes in the contemporary romance novel – see the ‘Sugar Daddies*’ blog for more notes along those lines.

A Valentine’s Day themed printing pop-up:

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