Biography

In my undergraduate course at Gonzaga University, I studied both History and Classics. It was the latter of these that broadened my horizons to literary theory, and the former that increased my understanding of the Middle Ages. I was enamoured with Welsh Medieval History from a young age as I lived there for some time, experiencing its wealth of castles and ancient churches. During my master’s degree at Bangor University, I was challenged to new ways of understanding the Middle Ages and the objects that survive from it and also developed my skills of Latin and Palaeography. At Cambridge, I hope to syncretize my literary theory and personal experience towards a new understanding of manuscripts and manuscript theory, specifically as it interacts with the use of memory in Medieval Wales. Emphasizing above all else the materiality of the manuscripts and the various variables that affect its production and digestion, my research aims to make roads into understanding not only manuscripts in Welsh Churches but also the use and reuse of legends and memorial writings. Gates Cambridge will be an enormous boon for broadening my connections and granting me a place to land and share my research at Cambridge more broadly.

Previous Education

University of Wales, Bangor Welsh History 2026
University of Wales, Bangor Medieval Studies 2024
Gonzaga University Latin Language and Authors 2022