Princeton University, where she specialized in 19th century British novels by women and earned a PhD in English in 2019

Advisors: Dr. Deborah Nord, Dr. Claudia L. Johnson, Dr. Anne Cheng

The University of Georgia, where she studied English, Linguistics, and Latin with a CURO certificate and graduated summa cum laude as a First Honor Graduate in 2013

Thesis: No Triumph without Loss: Problems of Interracial Collaboration in Tolkien’s Works (2012)

Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Evans

Winner: Honors Program Best Paper in the Humanities, 2012