Education:

Ph.D. Washington State University, 2000
English: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British Literature,
Literary Theory, Jane Austen

M.A. Washington State University, 1997
English: British Literature, Jane Austen

Honors B.A. Marquette University, Magna Cum Laude, 1995
English

Publications:

Refereed Articles:

• "Gypsy Desire in the Land." The D.H. Lawrence Review 32 [Forthcoming].

• “The Woman, the Gypsies, and England: Harriet’s Smith’s National Role.” College Literature (2002): 147-68.

• “Confronting Mythical Marxism: Lessing, Foucault, and Post-War Praxis.” Doris Lessing Studies (Fall 2002): 3-24.

• “Foucault’s Sexual Ethics: The Critical Influence of Pater’s Aesthetic Theory and Practice.” Journal of Contemporary Thought 13 (Summer 2001): 5-20.

• “A Nomadic Austen: Imagining Radical Malleability in Persuasion.” Rhizomes 2 (2001): 5-30.

• “The Purity of Jane, Or Austen’s Cultural Importance in Nineteenth-Century America.” Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal 22 (2000): 31-40.

• “The Potency of Jane, Or the Disciplinary Function of Austen in America.” Studies in American Culture 22.1 (1999): 19-32.

• “Lawrence, l’écriture féminine, and the Deleuzian Stutter.” Etudes Lawrenciennes 20 (1999): 155-69.

• “The Resistant Social/Sexual Subjectivity of Hall’s Ogilvy and Woolf’s Rhoda.” Rocky Mountain Language Review 52 (1998): 29-63.

Reviews:

• "Patricia E. Johnson. Hidden Hands: Working-Class Women and Victorian Social-Problem Fiction." Rocky Mountain Language Review 57 (2003): 98-100.

• "Amber L. Hollibaugh. My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home." Rocky Mountain Language Review 56 (2002): 118-20.

• “Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: A CD-ROM for Teachers and Students.” Rocky Mountain Language Review 55 (2001): 107-10.

Presentations:

• "Incorporating the Devaint, or Re-Configuring the Gypsy Criminal." The North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, Montreal, Quebec. August 14, 2005.
• "The Functional Romani in Jane Eyre." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Portland, Oregon. Nov. 7, 2004
• "Scientific Theories of Race and the Romantic Nation." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Boulder, Colorado. Oct. 1, 2004.
• “Desire in the Land: The Potent Gypsy of Lawrence.” Modern Language Association, San Diego, California. December 29, 2003.
• “Theorizing the Romantic Gypsy.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Missoula, Montana. October 9, 2003.
• “Improving Masculinity: Austen’s Tradesmen.” Marquette University Women’s Studies Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 27, 2003.
• “The Nomadic Potential of the Gypsies.” The Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Scottsdale, Arizona. October 12, 2002.
• “The Woman, the Gypsies, and England: Harriet’s Smith’s National Function.” The North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, London, Ontario. August 24, 2002.
• “Bridging the Generation Gap in the College Classroom.” University of Northern Colorado Center for Language Arts Education, Greeley, Colorado. February 14, 2002.
• “Confronting the Myth of Marxism: Lessing, Foucault, and Post-War Praxis.” Modern Language Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. December 28, 2001.
• “Foucault’s Sexual Ethics: The Critical Influence of Pater’s Aesthetic Theory and Practice.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vancouver, British Columbia. October 12, 2001.
• “The Extant Aura of Austen.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. October 9, 1998.
• “Lawrence, l’écriture féminine, and the Deleuzian Stutter.” The Seventh International D. H. Lawrence Conference, Taos, New Mexico. July 16, 1998.
• “The Crisis of Masculinity in Sense and Sensibility: Re-Reading the Struggles of Brandon and Willoughby.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Salt Lake City, Utah. October 16, 1997.
• “Re-Evaluating Haywood’s Move to the Stage.” The Northwest British Studies Conference. Portland, Oregon. October 30, 1996.

Grants:

• Faculty Research and Publications Board Teaching Enhancement Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Fall 2004 [Television DVD Colelction].
• Faculty Research and Publicatons Board Teaching Enhancement Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Spring 2004 [Rock and Roll Music Collection].
• PT3 Technology Infusion Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Fall 2002
• Summer Faculty Research Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Summer 2002
• New Faculty Research Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Spring 2002
• PT3 Technology Infusion Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Spring 2002
• Faculty Research and Publications Board Teaching Enhancement Grant, University of Northern Colorado. Fall 2001
• Research Development Award, University of Northern Colorado. Fall 2001
• Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Washington State University. Spring 1999

Research and Teaching Interests:
Jane Austen, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature, Gender Studies,
Literary Theory, Rhetoric, Post-Kantian Philosophy

Languages:

• French: reading proficiency
• German: reading proficiency

Professional Service:

• Director, Cultural Studies Minor. University of Northern Colorado (2003-)
• MLA Interview Committee, University of Northern Colorado (2004)
• Film Lecturer Search Committee, University of Northern Colorado (2004-2005)
• School of English Language and Literature Planning Committee (2004-2005)
• Student Daily-Email Committee, University of Northern Colorado (2004)
• General Education, Category 4 Subcommittee, University of Northern Colorado (2003-)
• College Arts and Letters Content Area Committee, General Education Program, University of Northern Colorado (2002-)
• Women’s Caucus, co-chair, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 2001-2003
• Editorial Board Member, Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emerging Knowledge and Strange Attractions. (2002-)
• Reader/Reviewer, Rocky Mountain Review (2002-)
• Curriculum Committee, Department of English, University of Northern Colorado (2002-)
• Graduate Studies Committee, Department of English, University of Northern Colorado (2002-)
• Budget and Planning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Northern Colorado (2002-)
• Assessment Committee, Department of English, University of Northern Colorado (2001-2002)
• Creative Writing/Poetry Search Committee, University of Northern Colorado (2001-2002)
• MLA Interview Committee, University of Northern Colorado (2001)
• Editorial Assistant. Emerson Society Quarterly and Poe Studies,
  Washington State University (Summer 1999)
• Chair’s Advisory Committee. Department of English. Washington State University (1998-99)
• Freshman Composition Text Committee, Washington State University (1995)

Teaching Experience:

As Assistant Professor of English. University of Northern Colorado, 2001-present

• Introduction to Cultural Studies (HUM 130)
• Graduate Seminar in Literary Theory (ENG 6380
• Literary Theory (ENG 345)
• The Bible as Literature (ENG 338)
• Introduction to Film (HUM 120)
• Topics in Film: The Rock and Roll Film (HUM 320)
• Introduction to Literature (ENG 131)
• Introduction to Cultural Studies (ENG 250)
• Youth Cultures (Honors 200)
• Senior Seminar: Literary Ethnography: Eugenics, Nationalism,
  and Racial Citizenry (ENG 497)
• Senior Seminar: Modern Irish Literature (ENG 497)
• Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies: The Cultural Politics of the 1980s (ENG 495)
• Graduate Seminar in British Romanticism (ENG 627)
• Survey of English Literature II (1800-present) (ENG 214)
• Critical Approaches to Literature (ENG 245)
• College Composition (ENG 122)

As Blackburn Fellow. Washington State University, 2000-2001

• The Cultural Importance of Jane Austen in America (English 333)
• Critical Theory (English 308/Women Studies 310)
• The Bible as Literature (English/Humanities 335)
• Studies in Tragedy and Comedy (English 415)
• Mythology (Humanities 103)
• Technical and Professional Writing (English 402)
• Honors Composition (English 198)

As Graduate Instructor: Washington State University, 1995-2000.

• The Novels of Jane Austen (English 333)
• Literature in English Since 1800 (English 210
• Writing About Literature (English 302)
• Mythology (Humanities 103)
• The Bible as Literature (Humanities/English 335)
• Rhetorical Conventions (English 301)
• Research and Writing (English 201)
• Freshman Composition (English 101)

As Graduate Assistant: Washington State University, 1996-1999.

• World Civilizations, 1500- (General Education 111)

Honors:

• Faculty Member of the Year, University of Northern Colorado, Student Representative Council, 2005
• Distinguished Teaching Award, Washington State University, 2000
• Distinguished Pass, Ph.D. Final Examination, February 2000
• Distinguished Pass, Ph.D. Preliminary Examination, April 1999
• Distinguished Pass, M.A. Examination, April 1997
• Phi Beta Kappa, April 1995
• Sigma Tau Delta, April 1994

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