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EDUCATION

PhD, Comparative Literature and American Studies (combined)

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, May 2020

• Dissertation title: “Crossing Boundaries: Gender and Racial Bending in three Contemporary Ethnic American Novels”
• Advisers: Dr. Vivian Halloran and Dr. Akin Adesokan

MA, English Literature (minor: Anglophone History and Linguistics)

Université Paris X, France, 2009

• Thesis title: “La Trace de l’Escargot, ou l’Ecriture Hermaphrodite de Cynthia Ozick”
• Adviser: Prof. Marie-Claude Perrin-Chenour

Agrégation, Anglophone world history (minor: Literature and Translation)

Université Paris VII, France, 2008

• Advanced Degree in English, qualification to be an Associate Professor and teach in secondary education

Study abroad, Linguistics and Philosophy

University of Florida, Gainesville FL, 2006

BA, English for Specific Purposes

Ecole Normale Supérieure Cachan, France, 2005

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Women’s and Gender Studies • Queer Theory • Feminist Studies • Critical Race Theory • Asian American Studies • Chicanx Studies • 20^th and 21^st Century Literature • Transnational American Studies • Comparative Ethnic and Race Studies • Immigration and Diaspora • Intersex Studies

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE – Associate Instructor

Student Academic Center, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Fall 2019, Spring 2020: EDUC X159 – You @ IU: Connecting Students with Campus Resources (in person and online class)

Department of American Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Fall 2017: AMST A101 – What is America?: A Nation of Immigrants (TA role, online class taught by Prof. Vivian Halloran)
• Summer 2016: AMST A101 – What is America?: Images of America (TA role, online class taught by Prof. Vivian Halloran)

Asian American Studies Program

• Fall 2014: AAST A101 – Intro to Asian American Studies: Gender, Race and Nation
• Spring 2014: AAST A101 – Intro to Asian American Studies: Gender, Race and Nation

Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Spring 2019: CMLT C151 – Introduction to Pop Culture: Nasty Women
• Fall 2018: CMLT C340 – Women in World Literature: Illustrated Narratives
• Spring 2016: CMLT C255 – Modern Literature and Other Arts: The Garden
• Fall 2015: CMLT C219 – Romance and the Western Tradition: Same-Sex Romance
• Spring 2015: CMLT C147 – East and West: Images of the Self. Literatures of the Asian Diaspora
• Fall 2013: CMLT C251 – Popular Songs and Lyrics (TA role, class taught by Prof. Peter Shelley)
• Spring 2013: CMLT C340 – Women in World Literature: Blurring Boundaries
• Fall 2012: CMLT C251 – Popular Songs and Lyrics (TA role, class taught by Prof. David Hertz)
• Fall 2011: CMLT C155 – Culture and the Modern Experience: Androgynous Figures

College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington

• Spring 2012: COLL C103 – Global Appetites and Local Tastes: Food in an Interconnected World (TA role, class taught by Prof. Vivian Halloran)

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher of English as a Second Language, Georges Brassens Middle School, Sevran, France, 2010-2011

• Designed syllabi for ESL classes for the 6^th to 9^th grades; organized a school trip to Scotland and supervised a group of 60 students

Teacher of English as a Second Language, Fourcade High School , Gardanne, France, 2009-2010

• Designed syllabi for ESL classes for the 10^th to 12^th grades

Preparatory School Examiner, Pasteur High School, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France, 2006 – 2007

• Trained and examined engineering students for the Grandes Ecoles English oral exam

OTHER ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant, for Prof. Emerita Sumie Jones. Project: editing A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan’s Modern Capital, 1850-1920. Institute for Advanced Study, May 2015 – August 2016
• Campus Garden Intern, Office of Sustainability, May-August 2015

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE 

Film and Advertising Dubbing; Dubbing Brothers, Paris FR — 1990 / 2000 Dubbed films and animated movies (including The Lion King) into French.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “Generic Blending and Gender Bending in Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex”. Pacific Modern Language Association Conference, Western Washington University, Bellingham, November 2018
• “The Ethics of Hermaphrosthetics”. American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, March 2018
• “It Came from Neither and Both”: Making Mestizaje Visible Through Silk’s Transnational Connections in Cisneros’ Caramelo and Eugenides’ Middlesex“. Pacific Modern Language Association Conference, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawai’i, November 2017
• “Publishing for a Latin American Audience: Third World Feminism and its Discontents.” American Studies Symposium, Indiana University, May 2015
• “Esta Puente, mi Traducción. The Politics of Editorial Choice of Esta Puente, mi Espalda.” Comparative Literature Clifford Flanigan Memorial Colloquium, Indiana University, April 2015
• “Queering Time in Story-Telling: Subverting Esthetic and Gender Labels in Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo and Jeffrey Eugenides’ ” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, New York University, NY, March 2014
• “Hybrid Vigor: How to Compensate for the Sense of Loss in Diasporic Literature” Comparative Literature Zarifopol Johnston Colloquium, Indiana University, November 2012

INVITED TALKS

• “Who are APA? Social Justice and the Arts” Asian Culture Center. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, October 2014

LANGUAGES

French (native speaker)

English (fluent professional reading, writing and speaking)

Spanish (proficient reading, functional writing and speaking)

Mandarin Chinese (some knowledge)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)

American Studies Association (ASA)

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Sanders-Weber Fellowship for high academic achievement and leadership qualities, 2018
• Associate Instructor Fellowship, Comparative Literature, American Studies and Asian American Studies, 2011-2019
• Annie Geduld Memorial Prize for an outstanding student in comparative arts, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 2016
• Richard N. McKaig Leadership Award providing support for undergraduate and graduate student leadership activities at IUB, Indiana University, 2015
• Newton P. Stallknecht Memorial Essay Prize for best essay written for a comparative literature course, Dept. of Comparative Literature, Indiana University, 2015
• Cassell Memorial Scholarship fund for the Grow Organic Educator Series, 2015
• Commission for Multicultural Understanding (COMU) Certificate of Recognition, 2014

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Historian, Student Advisory Board of Comparative Literature, 2018-2019
• Kitchen helper, Self-Help Hunger Program, Oakland CA, 2016-2018
• Community Garden volunteer and Steering Committee, Dover Street Edible Park, Oakland CA, 2016-2018
• Cat Zone Volunteer, Cat Town Café, Oakland CA, 2017-018
• Pantry and Garden volunteer, Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard, Bloomington, IN 2016
• Peer Support Service and Tutoring, Asian Culture Center, Indiana University, 2014-2015
• Co-Chair and Treasurer, Student Advisory Board of Comparative Literature 2014-2016
  • Organization of the first Comp Lit Graduate Student Conference, April 2015
• Member and Grammarian of the Indiana University Student Organization Congress 2013-2014
• GPSO representative for Comparative Literature 2012-2013
• Student Coalition Committee at Commission for Multicultural Understanding 2013-2014
• SPROUTS President, the Indiana University student organic garden, 2014-2015

OTHER

Scuba diving Certificate

Red Cross Certificate in First aid / CPR / AED

WWF member since 2003

Grow Organic Educator Series Training, Bloomington Parks and Recreation 2015

SKILLS

Organization and communication

Student development oriented

Creative-minded and enterprising nature

Ability to design solutions on the go

Sharing knowledge and helping develop initiatives

Editing documents