Academic Interests & Creative Inquiry
I am most interested in observation, analysis, and production rooted in language, whether it be lettered or physical. I see creative nonfiction as the literary equivalent of choreography, of creatively putting together truth and references to create emotional, embodied reactions. I value art impacting art, impacting art, and so forth. Within this continuing and ever-growing loop of interdisciplinary inquiry, my main academic and professional goal lies in producing academically-engaged creative responses that address both human concerns and the dialogues surrounding them.
SCholarly Influences
Walter Benjamin
Alain de Botton
Zora Neale Hurston
Julia Kristeva
Georges Batailles
Fred Moten
Recent Books Shaping My Thinking
Ways of Seeing
John Berger
Ezili's Mirrors
Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley
All Things are Too Small
Becca Rothfeld
Breathing
Franco "Bifo" Berardi
Monogamous Mind, Polyamorous Terror
Brigitte Vasallo
Sensoria
McKenzie Wark
Completed Coursework
Fordham University
Composition II
Finite Mathematics
Philosophy of Human Nature
Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Introduction to Spanish II
Faith and Critical Reason
Philosophical Ethics
Texts and Contexts
Race, Identity, and Globalization
Intermediate Spanish I
Health and Disease I
Latino History
Queer Theories
Introduction to Peace & Justice
Intermediate Spanish II
Spanish Language & Literature
Health and Disease II
Scripture and Trauma
Culture and Culture Change
Foundations of Psychology
Taboo: Anthropology of the Forbidden
Queer Caribbean Diasporas
Statistics
Multicultural Psychology
Intro to Criminal Justice
Law and Psychology
Comparative Cultures
Research Methods Lab
Hazards, Disasters & Human Experience
Memory Laboratory
Social Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Understanding Historical Change: Latin America
Psychopathology
Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Humanitarian Aid
Disgust in Literature & Psychology
New York University
Genre Trouble: Monstrous Texts and Experiments in Writing
Interdisciplinarity w/ Focus in Media Studies
Exhibition Planning and Design
Inventing Futures: The Art of Worlding
Writing Beyond Belief: Crafting Nonfiction Beyond the Sacred and Secular
Spitting Image: Experiments in Poetry and Criticism