Curriculum Vitae
Academic Background
King’s College London, London, England
Ph.D. Film and Media Studies, Expected 2026
Dissertation Forthcoming Adviser: Dr. Catherine Wheatley
Columbia University, New York, NY
M.A. Film Studies, February 2019
Thesis: "The Strolling 60s: Sidney Poitier and Ontological Changes to the Black Image” Thesis Advisers: Dr. Ronald Gregg and Mark Harris
Baylor University, Waco, TX
B.A. in Film/Digital Media, December 2016
Final Project: “Monsieur Hulot’s Neoplastic Holiday: A Formal Comparison of Jacques Tati’s Playtime and Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie” Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Kickasola
Courses Taught
(Spring Semesters 2019 - 2023) Topics in Contemporary Cinema, Baylor University (New York Program)
(Fall Semesters 2019 - 2022) Art and the Moving Image, Baylor University (New York Program)
Conference Presentations
“Sources of the Cinematic Self: Emerson, Cavell, and Self-Reliance in Contemporary US Cinema” Film-Philosophy Annual Conference, Chapman University, Orange, CA June 2023 Forthcoming
“Contesting New Tears: Emerson, Cavell, and 21st Century Cinema” Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Baylor University, 2022 Annual Conference, Waco, TX, October 2022.
“The Gospel According to Kanye West: Identity and The Double Man Complex on The Life of Pablo” Festival Faith and Music, Calvin College, 2017 Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, March 2017.
“I Speak to God in Public: Recent Theological Trends in Hip Hop” Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Baylor University, 2017 Annual Conference, Waco, TX, October 2017.
"I Feel Like Pablo: Kanye West as the Apostle Paul" Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, 2018 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 2018.
Festival Juries
Black Glasses Film Festival First 10 Pages Screenplay Competition, April 2019
Professional Experience
Freelance Writer (IndieWire, The Film Stage, Reverse Shot), November 2016-Present
Film Society of Lincoln Center, Manager of Theater Operations, May 2017-March 2020
The Stone Podcast, Host and Editor, January 2017-Present
Museum of the Moving Image, Film Curation Intern, November 2016–June 2017
Magnolia Pictures, Marketing/Acquisitions Intern, August 2016–March 2017
The Odyssey Online: Baylor, Chief Film Critic October 2015–June 2016
Baylor Film Society, Founder and President, March 2015–December 2016
Pine Cove Summer Camps, Media Videographer, May 2014–August 2015
Press Credentials
Sundance Film Festival, Park City UT, 2017
Deep in the Heart Film Festival, Waco TX, 2017
Tribeca Film Festival, New York NY, 2017
New York Film Festival (Critics Academy) New York, NY, 2017, 2018, 2019