M.A. in English, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in English, University of Texas at Austin
Areas of research and teaching: 18th and 19th century British literature; folklore and fairy tales; feminist theory and gender studies; popular culture (film and television)
Folklore in British Literature: Naming and Narrating in Women's Fiction, 1750–1880. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.
"Using Music Sampling to Teach Research Skills," Teaching English in the Two Year College 33.4 (May 2006): 357–360.
"Charlotte Yonge's Victorian Normans in The Little Duke," in Beyond Arthurian Romances: The Reach of Victorian Medievalism, eds. Jennifer Palmgren and Lorretta Holloway. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 53–71.
Selected conference presentations:
"Dying from Consumption: Traffic in Women and Moulin Rouge," College English Association, San Antonio, TX, March 2010.
"Kicking Cinderella Out of Mango Street: Cisneros and the Failure of Fairy Tales Paradigms," Conference of College Teachers of English, Beaumont, TX, March 2010.
"Drawing Attention to Parenting: Illustrations in Vanity Fair," Conference of College Teachers of English, College Station, TX, March 2007.
"Gothic Boundaries in Frances Hodgson Burnett's Beloved Books," College English Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2006.
"Faith, Class, and Forbidden Desire: Pleasurable Pursuits in Frost in May," Conference of College Teachers of English, Corpus Christi, TX, March 2006.
M.A. thesis committees:
Committee member for Ayana Young M.A. '10, "Death as an Act of Creation: Cultural Myths in 20th Century Film."
Committee member for Kimberly Mathis, creative thesis in poetry (current).
