Expertise

My research focuses on modern American literary studies (especially 1914-1945), American cultural studies, and LGBTQ studies as well as subfields such as critical rural/regional studies and material culture studies.

Past Affiliations

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Professor, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, English Department, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Adjunct Faculty, Department of American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of the Liberal Arts, Penn State University Park, The Pennsylvania State University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
English, North American Studies, Gender Studies
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, English, 2004
MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, English, 1999
BA, University of Alabama at Birmingham, History, 1998
BA, University of Alabama at Birmingham, English, 1998