Josephine is a second year graduate student working with Dr. Carr Childers and Dr. Orsi. She focuses on the mythology of the American West, and studies how that mythology is made manifest through media, place, and various other representations of the west.

She graduated from Northeastern's New York City campus in 2025 with a B.A in History and minors in English and Film and Media Production. In 2023-2024 she interned with U.S Forest Service as a research intern on the Daniel Boone National Forest. In 2026 she worked at the Denver Zoo as a seasonal guest educator.