Education
University of Kentucky, Department of English
Doctoral Candidate, Status: ABD
Dissertation Title: Welcome to the Post-Pill Paradise?: Cultural-Legal Narratives of American Privacy and Reproductive Politics
Northwestern University, Department of Literature
M.A. English (2017)
Thesis Title: “The Spectral Woman: The Metaphor of the Disembodied Female in Twentieth-Century American Literature”
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M. National Security Law (2013), with honors
Certificate, Immigration and Refugee Law
DePaul University College of Law
J.D. (2012), cum laude
Certificate, International Law
Tulane University
B.A. summa cum laude in Latin American Studies and Political Science (2009)
Minor, Spanish
Honors Thesis Title: “Post-NAFTA Mexico’s State Capacity for Crafting and Enforcing Environmental Legislation”
Teaching Experience
Department of English
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
Introduction to Composition and Communication
Introduction to Composition and Communication II
Introduction to Film (Teaching Assistant)
Introduction to Film: The Cinema of Delight
Introduction to Film: American Horror Story: Settler Colonialism in the Horror Genre
Great Films: American Films of the 1950s (Teaching Assistant)
Professional Experience
UpScore Test Prep
Develop comprehensive instructional materials and sample tests for the English Language sections of the ACT
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Preminente College Counseling
Collaborate with students to prepare statements of interest, personal statements, and fellowship applications for university admissions
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The Examiner/AXS
Publish original content on social, cultural, and political events in Chicago, IL
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Professor Andrew Schoenholtz and the Institute for the Study of International Migration
Investigate issues related to immigration detention and refugee law, including law, policy, conditions, and standards
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Georgetown University Center for Applied Legal Studies
Create practitioner chart of immigration consequences of commonly used provisions of the Virginia Penal Code and draft practitioner tips to assist attorneys in finding immigration-safe alternatives to criminal pleas
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DePaul Legal Writing Department
Conceptualize, research, and draft legal problems with original fact patterns for first-year legal writing students
DePaul Journal for Social Justice
Perform all copyediting and collaborate with authors on content accuracy and stylistic consistency to prepare accepted articles for publication
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National Immigrant Justice Center
Conduct extensive research in preparation for affirmative filings and defensive procedures, assist in preparation of amicus briefs to be filed with various United States Federal Courts of Appeal, maintain databases on terrorism-based immigration cases and particular social group asylum applications, and prepare national case databases on myriad categories of asylum cases for countrywide use by attorneys
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DePaul College of Law Immigration and Asylum Clinics
Directly represent clients for immigration and asylum relief in their applications for protection-based relief, asylum, and release from immigration detention
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Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni
Research and write scholarly legal articles on international criminal, humanitarian, and human rights law, including the Commission of Inquiry report on Libya to the United Nations Human Rights Council
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DePaul Rule of Law Journal
Perform preemptive checks and citation edits on all articles accepted for publication
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Emily Naser-Hall
University of Kentucky, Department of English
1215 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506