I am a proud alum of Andrews University, where I completed a B.A. in English and minor in music in 2006. Following my time here, I completed a Master’s in English at Western Michigan University (2006) and a PhD in English at the University of Florida (2014).
My research focuses on adaptations of literature in film and media, as well as the intersections of technology and writing. My published work centers on intermedial adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays and the appropriation of twentieth- and twenty-first century representational technologies in performance, film, and television. My current work focuses on representation of the Internet in novels, films, and television, thinking about the pressures—aesthetic, political, and practical—exerted on cross-media adaptation. Beyond my work in adaptation, I’m interested in the impact of technology, including generative AI, on writing, research, and teaching.