I was born in Maine, studied film history and theory at Clark University and Columbia University, and then film preservation and exhibition at the University of Amsterdam. I obtained my PhD from the University of Amsterdam in May 2026.

My dissertation, entitled “Showing Early and Silent Films Today: Curatorial Challenges, Considerations, and Possibilities,” takes a critical feminist perspective on the practices of showing the silent film past in the present.

I am the project manager and an editor of the Women Film Pioneers Project, a digital scholarly publication and archival resource dedicated to advancing research on women’s behind-the-scenes contributions to silent film industries and cinema cultures worldwide.

I currently serve as board president for Women and Film History International, a scholarly and archival organization and network dedicated to the student of women’s global film history. Among other things, we are behind the biennial Women and the Silent Screen conference.