In addition to my hands-on work with horses, I am also a humanities scholar whose writing and research focus on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century animal entertainments in Europe. I investigate how an understanding of non-human animals as creative and agential beings can reshape our perception of theatre and performance history. My work takes into account the multisensory capacities of animal performers, their relationship to physical environments, and their interactions with the bodies, minds, and cultures of human participants. While my practical work with horses has deeply influenced my research methodology, the research I conduct also feeds back into my practical work, as I am ever curious about how our preferred narratives of human-animal relationships impact our lived interactions with other beings.
I earned my PhD in Theatre and Performance from the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2025 with my dissertation "Interspecies Responsivity in Early Modern Drama and Animal Performances" and I am currently working on a draft of my first book. I have taught in theatre, English, and communications departments at Brooklyn College, Baruch College, New York City College of Technology, and Marist University, and I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Shakespeare at SUNY New Paltz from 2025-2026.