I’m very proud to announce the publication of my chapter in Time Lords & Tribbles, Winchesters & Muggles! The collection celebrates five years of the DePaul Pop Culture Conference. I was accepted this year, with Harry Potter as the 2017 theme. The book, edited by Isabella Menichiello and Paul Booth, is available on Amazon and Blurb. All proceeds go … Continue reading Chapter Publication: Authorship in Harry Potter
Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters recently completed a project of one-sheets for all majors and featured me in the document on Film, Television and Theatre.
I had a great time at the conference this weekend—it was exciting to meet so many accomplished and dedicated Potter scholars who share my passion! I’m hoping to keep in touch with some of the presenters I met and build this work with them as major changes continue impacting the Potter franchise.
Once every three months, Pages convene for a TED Talks-style summit during which a handful share stories, experiences, talents or opinions of personal significance with the rest of the Program. I seized the opportunity to illustrate my ongoing passion for Harry Potter with an all-new angle: the PageTalks coordinator, Jeff Gordon, asked us presenters to … Continue reading PageTalks
At the graduation reception for the Department of Film, Television and Theatre, my thesis advisor and dean of the fine arts, Dr. Jim Collins, honored me with the Joseph P. O’Toole award for Film Studies. The FTT faculty present this award to the graduating senior for outstanding work in critical studies. For academic writing samples … Continue reading O’Toole Award for Film Studies
My senior thesis, “‘Accio, Author!’: The Convergence and Dispersal of Authorships in the ‘Harry Potter’ Franchise,” earned recognition from both the Glynn Family Honors Program and the Department of Film, Television and Theatre (FTT). Dr. Jim Collins directed the project, and it was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program and FTT. … Continue reading Honors Thesis Awards
I took on the role of Mrs. Bennet in the Notre Dame Department of Film, Television and Theatre’s production of Pride and Prejudice. In the 360° video below, you can see me in a black wig with a blue dress and white feather headpiece. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjrajPHP-V0
Photo of Tyrel London and me appears in the South Bend Tribune's “In the Bend”
‘The Bear’ and ‘Afterplay’ shine in their simplicity By ADAM RAMOS Scene Writer “I will show him what true love is!,” the recent widow Elena Ivanovna Popova frustratingly declares as she stares at a picture of her recently deceased, unfaithful husband. Farce, from the light-hearted to the heavy, is the main vehicle in investigating human … Continue reading The Observer: ‘The Bear’ and ‘Afterplay’ shine in their simplicity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9jYOGQBjf4 On January 5, I returned to St. Mary’s Episcopal School, the prep school I attended from junior kindergarten to 12th grade, to speak to the 5th–12th grades about the reality check in college that spurred me to figure out what my passions really are.
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