Programs I teach...
School of Arts, Sciences & Business
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of Maryland, May 2000.
- Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies, University of Maryland, May 1998.
- M.A., English, University of Maryland, December 1993.
- B.A. with honors, English, State University of New York at Binghamton, May 1992.
Professional Memberships
- Modern Language Association
- National Women's Studies Association
- American Association of University Women
Research Interests
- Catholicism and Women’s Literature
- Contemporary World Literature
- Post-Colonial Literature
- Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
Publications
Third- and Fourth-Wave Catholic Women Writers: The Future of Unruly Women in the Church. Edited with Leigh Eicke and Ana Kothe. SUNY Press, 2021.
Unruly Catholic Women Religious: Sisters’ Stories. Edited with Leigh Eicke and Ana Kothe. SUNY Press, 2017.
Unruly Catholic Women Writers: Creative Responses to Catholicism. Edited with Leigh Eicke and Ana Kothe. SUNY Press, 2013.
*Finalist in the 2013 ForeWord Book of the Year Award in the Anthologies Category.
The Catholic Church and Unruly Women Writers: Critical Essays. Edited with Leigh Eicke, Grand Valley State University, and Ana Kothe, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2007.
Writing Catholic Women: Contemporary International Catholic Girlhood Narratives. Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2005
Articles
“Mary Gordon.” Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context, edited by Linda De Roche, ABC-CLIO, 2021.
“Final Payments.” Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context, edited by Linda De Roche, ABC-CLIO, 2021.
“De-tangling Motherhood: Adoption Narratives in Disney’s Tangled.” The Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 48, iss. 3, 2015, pp. 522-535.
“Fixing and Fictioning: The Uses of Memory and Catholicism in Louise DeSalvo's Vertigo.” Personal Effects: Essays on Memory, Culture, and Women in the Work of Louise DeSalvo, edited by Edvige Giunta and Nancy Caronia, Fordham University Press, 2014, pp. 62-74.