Biography
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Olivia is thrilled to be returning to Judson College, where she graduated with her B.A. in English and Christian Studies in 2017. She is finishing her PhD in English Literature from the University of California, Irvine, this fall, with a dissertation on Shakespeare and the wisdom tradition. She is the proud auntie to McCoy, Hana Olivia, and Arden Grace.
Research interests: Early modern drama and poetry, public theology, hermeneutics, and the Hebrew Bible.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (ABD)
M.A., University of California, Irvine, 2020
B.A., Judson College at Southeastern, 2017
Professional Experience
University of California, Irvine
Teaching Associate, Writing Department; 2018-2022, 2024
Teaching Associate, English Department; 2019, 2023-2024
Teaching Associate, Humanities Core; 2022-2023
UCI Shakespeare Center
Graduate Student Research assistant for the Shakespeare and Sacred Texts Conference, Summer 2022
The New Swan Shakespeare Center
Graduate Student Research Position, Summer 2020
Graduate Student Research Position, Spring 2020
Southeastern Writing Center
Writing Consultant, 2015-2017
Memberships/Awards
Shakespeare Center Fellowship: Winter and Spring 2023
GSR fellowship: Spring-Summer 2020
AGWR Pedagogy Award, June 2020
Nominated for UCI’s Most Promising Future Faculty Award (PhD candidates only), Winter 2020
University of California Regents Fellowship, 2017
Co-founder and leadership member of Southeastern’s Society for Women in Scholarship
Two-time winner of annual research writing competition at Judson College at Southeastern (2016 & 2017)
Tucker Scholar, 2013-2017
Bank of America Scholar, 2014-2015