Personal Statement:

My work focuses on Christian devotional trends in medieval Europe. In particular, I explore the role of the adult life of Christ in high and late medieval devotional art and literature. I am interested in gender, emotion and the relationship between text and image.

Dissertation Title:

Piety as a Call to Action: Christian Devotion Encouraged through Representations of the Adult Life of Christ

Awards & Professional Activities:

Albert and Elaine Borchard European Studies Fellowship, 2017- 18

UCLA Ahmanson Research Fellowship, Fall 2017

Regent’s Dissertation Fellowship, 2016-17

Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, 2016

UCSB History Associates Fellow, 2014-15 & 2015-16

 

Teaching Assistantships at UCSB:

History 2A – World History, Prehistory to 1000CE (Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Winter 2016)

History 4B – Western Civilization, 1050-1715CE (Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017)

History 2C – World History, 1700CE  (Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016)

History 5 – History of Present (Fall 2016)