Ph.D. - Humanities, Literary Studies
University of Texas at Dallas - 2012
Professional Preparation
Master of Fine Arts - Writing
Sarah Lawrence College, New York - 1996
Sarah Lawrence College, New York - 1996
B.A. - British Literature
University of California, Los Angeles - 1991
University of California, Los Angeles - 1991
Publications
“Anna Maria Bennett” and “Regina Maria Roche” in the Ashgate Research Companion to Romantic Women Writers, Ann Hawkins and Maura Ives, Eds. (Farnham: Ashgate, forthcoming) - publications
“Sarah Ellis’s The Women of England: Domestic Happiness and Gender Performance,” Nineteenth-Century Contexts: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 37.3 (Spring 2015); 183-195 - publications
“Mediating Happiness: Performances of Jane Austen’s Narrators,” Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, vol. 42 (Baltimore; London: The John Hopkins University Press, 2013): 271-289 - publications
Appointments
Teaching Experience
University of Texas at Dallas [2010–2016]
Periods of English Literature: Beowulf to the Romantics (Spring 2016) Early American Literature (Summer 2013) Rhetoric and Composition (2008-10; Fall 2013) Literary Analysis (2010-2012)
University of Texas at Dallas [2010–2016]
Periods of English Literature: Beowulf to the Romantics (Spring 2016) Early American Literature (Summer 2013) Rhetoric and Composition (2008-10; Fall 2013) Literary Analysis (2010-2012)
Awards
UCLA College Honors -
UCLA English Departmental Honors -
Presentations
Literary Form and Genre
Moderator, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS), University of Texas, Austin, 2010Competing Notions of Happiness in Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS), Bard and Skidmore Colleges, 2009Representational Culture and the Rise of the Public: A Comparative Study of Festival Books
European Court Culture in Texas: New Research from the British Library Festival Books Project Conference, University of Texas, Dallas, 2006
Reader of original poetry, Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference, Writerscorps panel, Washington, DC, 1997
Affiliations
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, member
- Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education, member