Hello, My name Is Effie. I received my B.A. as a first-generation student at Salve Regina University In English Literature & Religious Studies. I went on to graduate with an M.A. from Syracuse University In English. I am currently a PhD candidate and graduate Instructor at Duke University.

During my time at Syracuse University,  I received formal training in college pedagogy and acted as Instructor of record for four courses In the Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition department. I continued to Invest In my teaching by completing the Certificate In College Teaching program at Duke, and had the privilege of designing and teaching two Literature courses, titled "Jane Austen: Then and Now," and "Invention of Childhood: 18th and 19th Century Literature," respectively.

My scholarship focuses on British Romantic Literature, and my research Interests range from feminsist theory and the evolution of the romance genre to ecocriticism and the history of mental illness. My forthcoming dissertation focuses on testimonies of sexual harm in woman-authored novels of the Romantic period.