Awards

Of the 2019 spring and fall graduates of English for Secondary Teachers, I was chosen by the English Department as the Outstanding Graduate.

I was chosen by the English Department scholarship committee to receive the Earl A. Moore and James T. and Sara Yarbrough Whitaker scholarships.

WKU 2017 Student Research Conference

Here, I presented my case for singular "they" to a general audience. I reviewed grammar and stressed the practical benefits of using the pronoun. My presentation is also cataloged on TopScholar.

My updated research on poetry draws on Dr. Tom Hunley's ideas on memorization. This version was published in WKU's analytical writing journal, The Ashen Egg. I also presented an abridged version of my original paper at the 2018 Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. A version with better readability is here.