Education 

Ph.D., University of South Carolina, English Literature, 2007
M.A., University of South Carolina, English Literature, 2001

Areas of Specialization 

   • Eighteenth-Century British Literature
   • Nineteenth-Century British Literature
   • Gender Studies / Women Writers
   • Popular Culture

Recently Taught Courses 

Engl 288          English Literature
Engl 283          Themes in British Writing
Engl 102          Rhetoric and Composition
Engl 101          Critical Reading and Composition

Current Research Projects 

My research interests include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature, especially the novel. Victorian periodical publication, sensation and detective fiction are additional areas of interest. Most recently, I have been focused on the relationship between British and American writers of sensation novels and detective fiction, especially Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Anna Katherine Green.