"Stories of Ruth: An Ethnography of the Dunne Girls." Journal of American Folklore.
Winter, 2005.
"'The Same Damn Stories': A Variation On Tradition in Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger
and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Southern Folklore, 57: 2. Winter 2001.
Three articles titled "Folk Belief," "Homeless Women," and "Applied Folklore" in The
Encyclopedia of Women's Folklore and Folklife. Edited by Theresa Vaughn, forthcoming
December 2007.
Past presentations include papers delivered at the American Folklore Society meetings,
the College Composition and Communication Conference, the Midwest Modern Language
Association conference, and the Louisville 20th Century Studies Conference.
Education
B.A., Eastern Illinois University;
M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, ABD University of Missouri-Columbia.
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia (English, Folklore Studies, and Women's and
Gender Studies)
Awards and Recognitions
Short center-fielder for the Chanimals, the English department softball team at the
University of Missouri. Win/loss record for 2000-2003: 1 and 45.