Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

Ph.D., English Literature, 2031 (expected)

WashU, St. Louis, Missouri

B.A., summa cum laude in English with second major in Spanish, 2024

Undergraduate thesis: “Mutilated Women and Effeminate Men: The Literary Intersection of Gender and Disability,” awarded Highest Distinction

Refereed Undergraduate Journal Articles

“Cripping Literature Through Reparative Reading: Gender, Disability, and the Case for Symbiosis.” Washington University Journal of Undergraduate Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 2024, pp. 55-61.

Literary Journals

“Dissolve.” Euphony Journal, June 2024, euphonyjournal.org/2024/06/13/prose-dissolve-by-alexis-bentz/.

“Ashes.” Rainy Day, vol. 53, no. 1, 2023, pp. 24-33.

“Dolce and Gabbana Shades.” Rainy Day, vol. 53, no. 1, 2023, pp. 34-40.

“Everything, Everywhen, All at Once: Queer and Crip Temporalities in All of Us Strangers,” SCSU Women’s & Gender Studies Conference, New Haven, CT (2026)

Emory Graduate English Advisory Committee

Academic Programming Co-Chair (May 2026-Present)

Archivist (Sept. 2025-May 2026)

Graduate composition tutor, Emory Writing Center (2026-Present)

Writing specialist and professional tutor, Lindenwood University Writing Center (2024-2025)

Undergraduate composition tutor, WashU Writing Center (2022-2024)

Modern Language Association

North American Victorian Studies Association