ABOUT
I’m a writer and editor originally from Virginia, now based in Los Angeles. I currently work as a Teaching Associate at UCLA, where I’m a third year PhD student in Cinema & Media Studies.
I previously worked for Healthline as an Associate Editor, and as a staff writer for Psych Central covering issues related to LGBTQ health and identity, mood disorders, and more. My freelance bylines include VICE, Salon, and Bitch Magazine. I’ve also been an indie bookseller, a theatre office assistant, and a production intern at The Colbert Report (among other eclectic jobs).
As a trans advocate, I’ve presented at schools, hospitals, and conferences, including for True Colors, Wesleyan, Yale, Fenway Health, APA, and NASW. My advocacy centered around about humanizing trans people in healthcare, and addressing inter-family conflict over a transition.
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Research interests: critical media industry studies, distribution studies (theatrical and streaming), shifts in independent, arthouse, and “foreign film” circulation in America, subtitles, film authorship studies, horror genre trends
EDUCATION
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD student, Cinema and Media Studies
(entered fall 2022)
University of Southern California (LA, 2020)
MA in East Asian Studies, emphasis on film
Emerson College (Boston, 2015)
BA in Visual Media Arts — Media Production, Screenwriting