I am a PhD student in the Department of English at ³ÉÈË´óƬ. I earned my BA with Distinction in English and the Humanities from Simon Fraser University, and my MA in English here at Queen's. My research focuses on early modern English drama, performance, and audience reception, with an emphasis on clown figures and unconventional forms of laughter-making. My other field of research explores embodied modes of communications such as fencing and dancing and how they affect audience empathy in historic and contemporary dramatic performances.
Early modern dramatic literature, gender and queer theories, humour and comedy studies, and gender performance.
Articles (peer-reviewed):
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Positions:
September 2024 – Present Chair, Graduate English Society I-EDIAA Committee.
September 2024 – Present PhD Departmental Representative, Graduate English Society.
September 2023 – Present Bargaining Team Member, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901.
September 2023 – Present Union Steward, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901.
Conferences:
[Accepted] July 2025. "'Cripping Up' to the Role: Casting and Disability Aesthetics in Theatrical Productions." Comparative Drama Conference, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, UK.
[Accepted] June 2025. “'Take the fool away': Embodied Humour and Audience Empathy in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night." ACCUTE, George Brown College, Canada.
[Accepted] February 2025. "Embodied Communications and Audience Reception in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night." Corporeality and Incorporation: The Body in Literature and Culture Pre-1800, Department of English, University of California, Irvine, USA.
May 2024. "'Take The Fool Away': The Anti-clown in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night." Queen's Graduate Conference in Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
April 2024. Moderator. "Victorian Influences Today." Re-imagining The Victorian, Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
April 2024. "'The Perfect West-End Swell': Gender Performance in the Victorian Music Hall." Re-imagining The Victorian, Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
March 2024. "The Sexual Promise of Queer Philology in John Lyly's Galatea." Queer and Trans Philologies, Centre of Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, University of Cambridge, UK.
Invited Talks:
November 2024. Guest Lecture. "Kim Thúy’s ²Ñã²Ô." ENGL 380: Literature and Culture in Canada. Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
October 2024. Guest Lecture. "'The Word of Hands': Dismemberment in Titus Andronicus." ENGL 254: Shakespeare. Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
March 2024. Guest Lecture. "'Freedom in the Earth': Gerrard Winstanley and Economic (In)Equality in Early Modern England." ENGL 321: Renaissance Poetry & Prose, Department of English Language and Literature, ³ÉÈË´óƬ, Canada.
