Meandering Medievalist
EDUCATION
M.PHIL MEDIEVAL STUDIES, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
April 2021
Constantina Maxwell Scholarship
B.A. ENGLISH, PURDUE UNIVERSITY
4.00 GPA, Honors with Highest Distinction
Dean’s List
May 2019
RECOGNITION
FULBRIGHT GRANT ALTERNATE
2020-21
CONSTANTIA MAXWELL SCHOLARSHIP
August 2019
PURDUE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE AWARD & KNEALE AWARD FOR FILM AND POP CULTURE
CHAPELLE FELLOWSHIP
April 2019
April 2019
PRESENTATIONS
Cornell University, Development in Games Association
"BREAKING IN: A GUIDE TO CAREERS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY"
Workshop Series, Spring 2024
Purdue University
"TRANSFORMING TRADITIONS: DRAGONS IN GAMING"
Guest Lecturer, March 2024
Coding Medieval Worlds 3
"WHAT LIES BENEATH: HOW PENTIMENT WRITES (AND REWRITES) HISTORY"
Keynote Speaker, February 2023
Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference
“PUZZLE THEORY: THE SUCCESSFUL PUZZLE NARRATIVE IN DETECTIVE FICTION & GAMING”
Purdue University, Spring 2019
Kneale Award for Film & Pop Culture
Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference Award, Second Place
Comitatus Premodern Graduate Symposium
“THE REALM OF THE MAGICAL IN THE ISLENDINGA SÖGUR”
Purdue University, Spring 2018
Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference
"THE MORAL CENTER OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS"
Purdue University, Spring 2019
Comitatus Premodern Graduate Symposium
“THE PRESENT IMPORTANCE OF TOLKIEN’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS”
Purdue University, Spring 2019
Early Atlantic Reading Group Graduate Symposium
“UTOPIA CREATED, DYSTOPIA DESTROYED: THE FAILED PIRATE REPUBLIC OF LIBERTALIA”
Purdue University, Spring 2018
Queens and Empresses in Early Modern Europe Symposium
“ISABELLA D’ESTE & CONSUMER CULTURE: PROMOTING PRESTIGE THROUGH SHOPPING”
Purdue University, Spring 2019
Symposium Organizer
Seattle University Spring Philosophy Conference
Seattle University, Spring 2016
“THE HAPPINESS QUESTION: PERSPECTIVES FROM ARISTOTLE, BOETHIUS, AND AUGUSTINE”
LANGUAGES
OLD ENGLISH, Beginner
Trinity College Dublin, Michaelmas Term 2019
Assesment though sight translation, comprehension, and prepared translations.
MIDDLE ENGLISH, Proficient
Trinity College Dublin, Michaelmas Term 2019
Assessment through sight translation and comprehension.
LATIN, Skilled
Latin 202, Purdue University 4.00 GPA Spring 2018
3 years teaching Latin at various levels.
10 years formal instruction from grades 3-12 and university.
Caeser’s De Bello Gallico, Cicero’, Ovid’s Amores, & Virgil’s Aeneid.
ITALIAN, Beginner
ITAL 115, 125, 135, Seattle University; 4.00 GPA