CV | Resume
EDUCATION
2016-Present
Doctorate of Philosophy, North American Studies
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Doctoral Thesis: Healing and (Re)conciliation in Contemporary Gothic Indigenous Fiction
2014-2015
Master of Arts, Indigenous and Canadian Studies
2011-2013
Master of Arts, English and North American Studies
Université de Strasbourg, France
Research Thesis: (The) American Indian(s) in Photography
2007-2009
Bachelor of Arts, Italian Studies
Université de Strasbourg, France
2005-2008
Bachelor of Arts, English and North American Studies
Université Marc Bloch, France
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
January 2022-Present
Lecturer, Department of French and Italian Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
October 2017-April 2021
Lecturer, Department of North American Studies
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
August 2013-May 2015
Lecturer, Department of French Studies
Carleton University, Canada
August 2011-May 2012
Lecturer, Department of French and Francophone Studies
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Language Consultant, Housing Services
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
September 2008-May 2010
Teaching Assistant, Department of English and North American Studies
Université Marc Bloch, France
March 2008-March 2010
Educational Supervisor,
Lycée Jean Rostand, France
September 2008-May 2011
Student Staff Secretary, Registrar Office , College of Foreign Languages
Université Marc Bloch, France
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Spring 2020-Present
Peer-Reviewer, The Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health (TIJIH)
February 2020
Volunteer, Indianer Inuit Nordamerika Film Festival
2019-2020
Co-organizer, Forum for Emerging Scholars (Nachwuchsforum)
Association for Canadian Studies in German-Speaking Countries (Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien)
September 2017-Present
Student Mentor, Uni für Alle
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
June 2014-August 2015
Secretary for differently-abled students
Carleton University, Canada
August 2013-August 2015
President of the Francophone Club
Carleton University, Canada
August 2011-June 2016
Volunteer at cultural events organized by local indigenous communities
State College, USA; Bemidji, USA; and Ottawa, Canada
September 2008-August 2010
Campus guide for differently-abled students
Université de Strasbourg, France
HONORS & AWARDS
January 2021
Conference Paper Prize
CAITY Caucus, Northeastern Modern Language Association (NeMLA), USA
November 2020
Graduate Student Grant
Modern Language Association (MLA), USA
June 2019
Adolf-Haeuser-Stiftung Grant
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
April 2019
Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant
Popular Culture Association Endowment, USA
Award for Most Original Content
Vampire Studies Area, Popular Culture Association National Conference, USA
March 2019
Graduate Student Caucus Travel Award
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), USA
April 2018
Postgraduate Travel Grant
European Association for American Studies (EAAS), England
2014-2015
William and Margaret Roxburgh Memorial Award
Carleton University, Canada
2014-2015
Lois Gonyer Bursary
Carleton University, Canada
TRAINING & CERTIFICATES
August 2019
“Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Early Trauma”
Public Health England, Barnardo’s: Believe in Children
Fall 2017
“Northern Quebec: Issues, Spaces and Cultures”
Université Laval, Canada
Spring 2017
University of Alberta, Canada
“Aboriginal Worldviews and Education”
University of Toronto, Canada
Fall 2015
“Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education”
University of British Columbia, Canada
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Conference: “Imagining Canada: ‘Discovering’ and navigating all our relations in an (un)common country”
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, 03-05 Sep. 2020
Organized in collaboration with Michelle Thompson (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) and Franz Krause (University of Cologne).
Invited Speakers: Dr. Moritz Ingwersen (University of Konstanz), Marie Klatt (Ecole de Linguistique Hermann Paul/Université de Bâle), Dr. Geneviève Susemihl (Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel), Dr. Renae Watchman (Mount Royal University).
Learn more about this conference here
Colloquium: #IndigenousReads
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, since Fall 2018
Learn more about this project here
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
LANGUAGES
French: native speaker
English: fluent
Italian: excellent comprehension and reading, very good speaking
Spanish: excellent reading and comprehension
Ojibwemowin: currently learning
Menominee: currently learning
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