Courses Taught:

British Literature I, II, & III
Writing for Business and Technology
British Modernism
British Literature Since WWII
20th Century Irish Literature
Creative Non-Fiction
Literature and Disability
Modern Drama

Education:

Ph.D. The University of South Carolina
M.A. Kent State University
B.A. Kent State University, Summa Cum Laude with University Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Research Interests:

Modernism
Contemporary British Literature
Irish Literature
Literature about Afghanistan

Current Projects:

Representations of Afghanistan in Western texts.

Representative Publications:

PAPERS DELIVERED

“Girls With Guns:  Memoirs of the Revolutions.”  Under consideration to be presented at the New England American Conference for Irish Studies at Bridgewater State University in October, 2011.

“(In)visible Black Holes:  The Aporias of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast Trilogy.”  Presented at the Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition:  A Centenary Conference at the University of Chichester and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy in Chichester, UK, in July, 2011.

“Ranking Terrorists:  Global Views of Ireland and Afghanistan.”  Presented at the National American Conference for Irish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in April, 2011.

“Who Stole the Rachel Papers?”  English Graduate Program Series.  November, 2010, Fitchburg State University.

“Anything is Possible:  The Great War and Irish Memory.”  Presented at the National American Conference for Irish Studies at Penn State University in May, 2010.

Professional Affiliations:

Modern Language Association
American Conference for Irish Studies
Shevchenko Scientific Society