Ph.D., English Language and Literature, General
Purdue University, 2005
MA, English Language and Literature, General
University of New Hampshire, 1998
BA, Philosophy
University of California, SanD, 1993
Awards & Honors
PPIF award
Pamplin College, 2023
PPIF award
Pamplin College, 2023
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
ENGL 1102
College Composition II
ENGL 3250
Intro to Theory and Method
ENGL 2132
American Lit II: American Literature II
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
"Review of Climate Crisis and the 21st Century British Novel by Astrid Bracke", 2023 Book Review
"The Flight of the Junky: Existential Posthumanism and Immanent Life in Early Burroughs", 2022 Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal
Productive Desires: Materialist Psychoanalysis and the Hollywood Dream Factory in Nathanael West's _The Day of the Locust_", 2018 Journal Article, Academic Journal
Of Paul Ardoin, ed Understanding Deleuze, Understanding Modernism , 2018 Book Review
Of Richard Gursin ed. _The Nonhuman Turn_, 2018 Book Review
Department Service
Collegiality Committee
2022 - 2024
Role: Committee Member
Literature Concentration Committee
2022 - 2024
Role: Committee Member
Scholarship and Awards Committee
2022 - 2024
Role: Committee Member
Scholarships and Awards Committee
2016 - 2021
Role: Committee Chair
Study abroad committee
2007 - 2020
Role: Committee Member
College Service
Faculty Council
2015 - 2017
Role: Committee Member
University Service
Board of Regents Academic Advisory Council for English
2013 - 2021
University Senate
2019 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
Ombuds
2020 - 2021
Ombuds Office Task Force
2020 - 2021
Role: Administrative Assignment, Associate Dean
University Tenure and Promotion Senator Liaison
2020 - 2021
