Professor, Department of English, Ohio Northern University, 1994-present
- Teach courses in contemporary British and American literature, eighteenth-century British literature, non-Western literature, multi-cultural literature, Great Works, editing, and composition
Teaching Assistant and Grader, Department of English, Michigan State University, 1987-1990
- Taught literature, composition, and science writing courses and assisted professor in an upper-level film and literature course
Tutor, Writing Center, Marygrove College, 1986-1987
- Worked with minority and returning students in remedial composition courses
Ph.D., English Literature, Michigan State University, 1994
- Dissertation: "The Reinvention of the Eighteenth-Century Novel in Contemporary British and American Fiction"
- Director: James McClintock
M.A., English Language and Literature, University of Chicago, 1986
- Thesis: "Swift and Stella"
- Supervisor: Gwin Kolb
B.A., English and French, University of Michigan, 1984
Contemporary British literature, contemporary American literature, eighteenth-century British literature, and the novel.
Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University, 1995 and 1998
Excellence in Teaching Award, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Ohio Northern University, 2005
Faculty Development Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University, Summers 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005
Sabbatical Leave, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University, Spring 2002 and Spring 2009
Sara A. Ridenour Endowed Chair, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio Northern University, 2002-03
Outstanding Sponsor Award, Sigma Tau Delta, 2006
The Academic Novel and Faculty Mentoring
"'Dizzy With the Beauty of the Possible': The Sot-Weed Factor and the Narrative Exhaustion of the Eighteenth-Century Novel," On Second Thought: Updating the Eighteenth-Century Text, eds. Debra Taylor Bourdeau and Elizabeth Kraft, University of Delaware Press, 2007
"'But hey, this is Africa, man': Water Music and the Postmodernization of the Eighteenth-Century Novel," LaRevue LISA/ LISA E-Journal, Spring 2004
"It’s A Small World After All: Assessing the Contemporary Campus Novel," The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Spring 2004
"Sassy Spoof or Sorry Spectacle?: Teaching Bridget Jones’s Diary," Modern Language Studies, Spring/Fall 2003
"'Sweets and Bitters': Fanny and the Feminization of the Eighteenth-Century Novel," The Midwest Quarterly, Autumn 2001
