- Ph.D., Language, Literacy, & Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2018
- Specializations: environmental humanities / writing studies
- Title: Ichthyoliteracy: How Fish and Fisheries Influence Human Literacy
- Committee: Drs. Craig Saper (chair), Jennifer Maher, Jody Shipka, Tamra Mendelson, and Stacy Alaimo (outside reader)
Certificate in Online Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.A., Modern Studies, Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland
Teacher Licensure, Secondary English Education, University of New Mexico
B.A., English, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
A.A., Liberal Arts, Middlesex County Community College, Edison, New Jersey