About

Alexandra holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from UNC Chapel Hill and is currently completing her Doctorate in Educational Leadership at Johns Hopkins University (expected graduation 2024). She is passionate about the science of learning and ensuring equity in education.

Alexandra currently manages a staff of five as the Director of Library Services at a boarding school. She teaches in the English department where she leads the innovative 10th-grade collaborative earned honors program. She lives in dorm as a dorm parent and co-directs the community reading program. From 2020-2024 she coordinated the affinity spaces and led the LGBT+ affinity space.

In all her work, Alexandra is passionate about community. She’s revamped the summer reading program to become a community reading experience, been a part of the 9th grade team teaching program, and led the 10th grade team teaching program through its pilot year.

Originally from Kentucky, she studied at Kenyon College and the University of Exeter during undergrad, and is now based in Pennsylvania. She loves books, yoga, and wine.

Conference presentations

NEAISL 2024
Scripting the Future: How Librarians and English Educators Craft AI Practice and Policy
Presented with Michele Poacelli (slides)

NCTE 2023
Unleashing the Power of Collaboration: Revolutionizing English Education One Team at a Time
Presented with
Leela Woody,  Rebecca Rose, Michele Poacelli, Todd McGuire, and Maggie Howes (Slides / Goody Bag Resources)

Weaving Words and Art: The Power of Common Place Books or Florilegium in Modern Classrooms (handout)

NEAISL 2023
Beyond the Library: Turning Summer Reading into Community Reading
Presented with Michele Poacelli


TABS 2021 (slides)
Queering the Conversation: Equity, Inclusion and the LGBTQIA+ Experience in 2021
Presented with Leela Woody

NCTE 2019 (slides)
Choose Your Own Lit-Venture
Presented with Michele Poacelli