Academic Profile

Specializes in James Joyce and in the early history of the study of "English," specifically the intertwined academic histories of rhetoric, composition, and literature.

Publications (selected)

• "George V. Higgins," in Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1999, ed. Matthew J. Bruccioli. Gale Group: Farmington Hills, MI, 2000. 129-139.
• “’Heroism’ and ‘Ordinary Life” in the Stories of Andre Dubus.” Religion and the Arts 6-1/2 (2002) 149-61.
• "It's All in the Mind," rev. of The Cast of Characters: A Reading of Ulysses, by Paul Schwaber, Irish Literary Supplement, Spring, 2000. 27-8.