Courses:

• Intermediate Composition
• Introduction to Literary Analysis
• African American Literature
• Early American Literature

Areas of Expertise:

• Children's Literature
• American Literature
• Cultural Studies

Degrees and Universities:

• University of Chicago
• Pennsylvania State University
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Publications:

• "Picturing Mom" in Mothers Who Deliver, ed. Peggen Powell and Jocelyn Stitt, SUNY, forthcoming.
• "Razing Little Houses" in Louise Erdrich: New Essays in Criticism, ed. Brajesh Sawhney. Mellen, 2008.
• "Feed My Poor Famished Heart" in ATQ 21.2 (June 2007).
• "Anorexia Envisioned" in Reel Food, ed Anne Bower. Routledge, 2004.

Professional Organizations:

• MLA
• ChLA
• ACA/PCA

Areas of Research:

• Children's Literature
• Popular Culture