My research is focused on the ideological subtext of modernist art, specifically the treatment of the bullfighting motif in the work of Picasso and his contemporaries. I am also broadly interested in semiotics and Lacanian psychoanalysis. With the support of University Scholars and the History of Art Department, I spent the summer of 2023 in France conducting archival research and site visits in Castre, Nîmes, Montpellier, and Paris. Outside of my research, I enjoy writing art criticism, and my work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Ocula Magazine. As a Peer Mentor Group Leader for the 2024-25 school year, I am happy to serve as a first port of call for current and prospective Scholars.

• Robert L. Bartley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal
• Los Angeles Review of Books Editorial Intern 
• Sachs Program for Arts Innovation Grantee

My research interests primarily involve psychoanalysis, gender, and memory, which I synthesize with creative writing. Currently, I’m working on a short story collection in conversation with these themes, as well as class. For the upcoming year with University Scholars, I intend to support the project’s new stories, by researching thought processes and bodily disalienation. Previously, I’ve conducted a study on the effect of humor on learning and student engagement. In my free time, I enjoy coaching Speech for the Bronx High School of Science, producing theatre on campus, and acting as a cast member and Co-Head Writer of Mask and Wig, a musical sketch comedy group.

My research interests focus on the political implication of storytelling. I study English with a Concentration in Critical Theory and Political Science with a Concentration in Political Theory. I have previously worked for the Computational Social Science Lab Penn Media Accountability Project as a research assistant. I have also previously worked for the Penn Digital Humanities lab as a research assistant on Dr. Brent Cebul's project regarding mortgage equity distribution post World War II. In 2023, I received the Universe in Verse prize from the Kelly Writers House to do research on visually representing spoken word poetry through linguistic analysis. My current field research on the literary market of College Street in Kolkata, India is funded by the Center for Advanced Study of India, Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, Penn South Asian Center, and Vitale Digital Media Lab. My previous work experience includes interning as a Fox Fellow at CHILD USA as well as teaching poetry at Writers in the Schools. I currently work at the Marks Writing Center as a Penn Writing Fellow. I am the digital managing editor of Penn's Arts and Culture Magazine 34th Street. During the school year, I also write obituaries for homicide victims in Philadelphia through The Philly Obituary Project. My writing can be found in The New York Times, Teen Vogue, and the Philadelphia Citizen.

• Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Fellow
• Penn Computational Social Science Lab Research Assistant
• Universe in Verse Prize Winner

My research interests lie in 20th century political and intellectual history, particularly with respect to the radical politics of postwar Europe and Asia. I'm especially interested in how radical thinkers and activists forged networks of solidarity and worked beyond national borders to struggle for a more just and equitable world. With the support of the University Scholars program, I spent last summer working with archival materials from members of the Situationist International at Yale University and writing a paper on the actions of radical student groups during the events of May 1968 in France, with a particular focus on how left wing student groups expressed and acted upon their solidarity with workers and revolutionaries in the postcolonial world. At Penn, I'm also involved with 34th Street Magazine, Penn Mock Trial and the Philomathean Society. In my free time, you can find me reading, playing guitar or walking around without purpose.

• Wolf Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow
• Research Assistant for Dr. Siarhei Biareishyk
• PMG Group Lead

See also: Finding France at the Beinecke Library