Michaela is a first-year PhD student who examines audience engagement with popular culture media. She is especially passionate about online fan spaces and themed restaurants.

Michaela grew up on the Connecticut shoreline. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2022 with BAs in English and political science and a minor in film studies. She then graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2023 with an MSc in intermediality: literature, film, and the arts in dialogue.

Post-graduation, Michaela is excited to pursue a career in academia as a professor. Prior to enrolling at the University of Oregon, she was an adjunct instructor in English at the University of Saint Joseph.

In her free time, Michaela loves watching films and logging said films on Letterboxd.

MSc in Intermediality: Literature, Film, and the Arts in Dialogue from the University of Edinburgh, 2023

     -   Dissertation: "Books Down and Chef's Hats On: Applying an Audience-Centric Media of Attraction Framework to Spectacular Ratatouille (2007) Adaptations"

 BA in English from the University of Connecticut, 2022

     -   Honors thesis: "'And We're Happy, So Happy, to Be Modern Women': Dissociative Feminism on Screen and in Literature"

BA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, 2022

Michaela is a first-year Ph.D. student who examines audience engagement with popular culture media. She is especially passionate about online fan spaces and themed restaurants.

Michaela grew up on the Connecticut shoreline. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2022 with BAs in English and political science and a minor in film studies. She then graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2023 with an MSc in intermediality: literature, film, and the arts in dialogue.

Post-graduation, Michaela is excited to pursue a career in academia as a professor. Prior to enrolling at the University of Oregon, she was an adjunct instructor in English at the University of Saint Joseph.

In her free time, Michaela loves watching films and logging said films on Letterboxd.

• MSc in Intermediality: Literature, Film, and the Arts in Dialogue from the University of Edinburgh, 2023
  • Dissertation: "Books Down and Chef's Hats On: Applying an Audience-Centric Media of Attraction Framework to Spectacular Ratatouille (2007) Adaptations"
• BA in English from the University of Connecticut, 2022
  • Honors thesis: "'And We're Happy, So Happy, to Be Modern Women': Dissociative Feminism on Screen and in Literature"
• BA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, 2022