She received her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), specializing in British literature and philosophy of the long 19th century, from David Hume to Bernard Shaw. She has published on Victorian literature and culture, drama, postcolonial literature, translation, and pedagogy in Modern Drama, Translation and Literature, and other peer-reviewed journals, and is currently working on representations of animals in 19th-21st century literature and culture, with a focus on animal consent. She is also an Editorial Board Member for Supernatural Studies and the 2016-2019 Special-Interest Delegate to the MLA Delegate Assembly representing Lecturers, Adjuncts, and Instructors.