College of Arts and Sciences
Regional Higher Education
Faculty
Education
- Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- B.A., University of Pittsburgh
Courses Taught
- ENG 1510: Writing and Rhetoric
- ENG 2010: Introduction to Fiction and Nonfiction Prose
- ENG 2020: Introduction to Poetry and Drama
- ENG 3210: American Literature to 1865
- ENG 3220: American Literature 1865-1918
- ENG 3230: American Literature 1918-present
- ENG 3250: Women and Literature
- ENG 3370: African American Lit to 1930
- ENG 3390: African American Lit 1930-present
Biography
Publications
- "Discussing Race and White Privilege: Pedagogical Approaches to Kate Chopin鈥檚 The Awakening." Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture, vol. 25., no. 3, Duke University Press, 2025.
- "Review of Sharon Patricia Holland鈥檚 an other: a black feminist consideration of animal life (Duke UP, 2023). American Literary History (Oxford UP), Series XLIV vol. 36. no. 4, winter 2024. Pp. 1280-82.
- 鈥淓nvisioning the Rural Virtual College Classroom: Some Proposals for Inclusivity and Equity.鈥 Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Diversity and Equity in a Virtual World. Eds. Emily K. Reeves and Christina Janise McIntyre. IGI Global, 2022. Pp. 257-71.
- Solidarity with the Other Beings on the Planet: Alice Walker, Ecofeminism, and Animals in Literature. Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- 鈥淩eview of David Cowart鈥檚 The Tribe of Pyn: Literary Generations in the Postmodern Period.鈥 Studies in the Novel 48.3 (2016): 386-87.
- 鈥淎lice Walker on Animal Ethics in Her Fiction: An Interview.鈥 Women鈥檚 Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 44.1 (2015): 99-116. Reprinted in Activism: Voices for Change, Routledge, 2016.
- 鈥淟anguage and Historical Memory in Gloria Naylor鈥檚 Mama Day.鈥 The Power of the Word: The Sacred and the Profane. Ed. Patsy Daniels. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015.
- 鈥淪ubverting Heteronormativity: Another Look at Alice Walker鈥檚 By the Light of My Father鈥檚 Smile.鈥 Women鈥檚 Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 40.5 (2011): 600-19.
- The Fragmented Female Body and Identity: The Postmodern, Feminist, and Multiethnic Writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma P茅rez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker, Peter Lang, 2010.
- 鈥淎 Blow-Up Doll on Campus: Invoking Marina Abramovi膰鈥檚 Rhythm 0 to Investigate Female Objectification.鈥 The Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23.1 (2010): 33-50.
- 鈥淔ragmentation and Maternal Healing in Tina De Rosa鈥檚 Paper Fish.鈥 VIA: Voices in Italian Americana 21.2 (2010): 26-35.
Awards
- CTLA AI Fellow, OU, 2025
- Presidential Teacher Nominee, 2025
- Outstanding Professor RHE, 2022-2023