I am a binational, multicultural PhD candidate in English at UC Berkeley, and a writer, artistic dabbler and erstwhile musician.
As a scholar, I specialize in comparative global Black literatures, with a focus on race and political consciousness in South African and African-American fiction. I have a particular affinity for metafiction!

Skilled: American and global literature, Black studies, writing (literary analysis, reviews, academic, essay), archival and academic research, teaching and group facilitation, editing, critical thinking and analysis, public speaking, problem solving, collaboration, creative agility, constructive critique and feedback, aesthetic critique and feedback, newsletter and copy writing

Some experience: workflow and team management, online and print publishing, graphic design and visual art, music performance, live sound, recording, music production

In progress: sewing (alterations, garment creation), printmaking, crossword and puzzle making

English, with basic conversational fluency in German, French and Italian