Education
- Ph.D. in English Literature, Northern Illinois University
- M.A. in English Literature, Northern Illinois University
- B.A. in English, Elmhurst College
Courses Taught
- ENGLI 2226: World Literature
- ENGLI 2262: Non-Western Literature
- ENGLI 1152: Poetry
- ENGLI 1150: Short Fiction
- ENGLI 1130: Introduction to Literature
- ENGLI 1102: English Composition II
- ENGLI 1101: English Composition I
Awards and Recognition
- Outstanding Liberal Arts Faculty of the Year, 2017
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books
"The Inauthentic Translations in The Invention of Love"; "The Real Thing": Essays in Celebration of Tom Stoppard's 75th Birthday. Eds. Amanda Smothers and William Baker. Cambridge SP, 2013. 202-20.
"Using Scenarios in a Composition Classroom to Foster Transferrable Skills" IATE Newsletter 49.2
(2012).
"The 'Ideality in his Mind': Charlotte Brontë's Method of Depicting America in Shirley."
Victorians Institute Conference. Murfreesboro, TN. (November 2013)
"Matthew Arnold's Agenda for His Apparent Divagation from Emerson." Midwest Modern
Language Association. Cincinnati, OH. (November 2012)
"'Only Connect': Building the Bridge between Theory and Practice to Encourage Meaningful
Learning" with Nicole Smith. Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Bloomington,
IL. (October 2012)
"Inquiry 2.0: Higher-Level Thinking and Digital Engagement for Student Writers" with
Nicole Smith. Illinois Association of Teachers of English. Springfield, IL. (February
2012)
"Stoppard's Translations of Artists and Scholars in The Invention of Love." Midwest
Modern Language Association. St. Louis, MO. (November 2011)
"The Distinctly American Book of Mormon: The Emphasis on Conversion by Sensory Experience
and Testimony." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Scottsdale, AZ. (October
2011)
"Conflict in the Classroom" with Nicole Cox-Budreau. Allerton English Articulation
Conference. Champaign, IL. (April 2010)
"Willoughby's Letter in Sense and Sensibility as Artifice and Thus a Destruction of
Mental and Physical Peace." Midwestern Conference on Language, Literature, and Media.
DeKalb, IL. (March 2010)
"Henry Wilcox as Margaret Schlegel's Nemesis: An Examination of the Urban Culture's
Influence on the Deterioration of the Soul in E.M. Forster's Howards End." Conference
on Christianity and Literature. Wheaton, IL. (September 2009)
"An Anglo-Catholic's Poems' Ostensible Divagation from Anglo-Catholicism: Examining
Death in Christina Rossetti's Poems." Midwestern Conference on Language, Literature,
and Media. DeKalb, IL. (March 2009)