Courses:

• Literature, Critical Theory

Areas of Expertise:

• Theory, American Literature, Romanticism, Popular Culture, Midwestern Literature

Degrees and Universities:

• Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Honors and Recognitions:

• CMU Distinguished Teaching Award
• MidAmerica Award for Scholarship in Midwestern Literature

Publications:

• Books on American Road Literature, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Herbert W. Martin, Edgar Lee Masters, Critical Analysis of Television, the writing process

Professional Organizations:

• MMLA, Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature

Areas of Research:

• Chicago Literature
• Making Films about writers