About

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Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow

Writing and Communication Program, School of Literature, Media, and Communication | Georgia Institute of Technology

Thanks for visiting my site. I am a Brittain postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology where I teach English composition courses. Before joining the faculty at Georgia Tech, I received my PhD in English at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m currently working on my first book, Scorched Earths: Ecology and Extraction in Early Modern Literature. My research examines our present climate crisis in looking back to premodern ideas about the environment.

I hold an MA in Irish Literature and Culture from Boston College and have also worked as a 4th grade teacher/TFA Corps Member and K-6 math instructional coach at Miami-Dade County Public Schools (my hometown).

I graduated with my B.A. in English and minor in history from the University of Florida. Go Gators!

In my spare time, I enjoy hiking with my family, camping, playing with my four-legged friends, and reading novels by Louise Edrich and Madeline Miller.