Catherine is a PhD candidate in English Literature. She focuses on twentieth century literature, and is currently writing about connections between World War I literature and the Gothic tradition. Completing exams focused on World War I and modernism, she is interested in the relationship between literature and modern political and social crises and has taught courses on "The Literature and Culture of the First World War", "War Literature", and "Disaster Literature".
Beyond these specific interests, Catherine enjoys reading a wide range of authors and has presented on Dickens, Hemingway, Eliot, David Jones, T.S. Eliot, D.W. Griffith and Abel Gance. She is also involved as an editor in a long-term digital humanities project with the David Jones Center and Cambridge University Digital Library to transcribe and encode David Jones' entire archive for public use.
Outside of academic work, Catherine works for the Center for Digital Innovation and Learning as an Instructional Design Assistant, where she helps to create online graduate courses.