Degrees

• Ph. D., English, Vanderbilt University
• B.A., English with Honors, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Research Area

• 20th Century American Literature
• 19th Century American Literature
• African-American Literature
• American History and Material Culture
• Urban Studies
• Music and Literature

Current Research

• Literary and cultural history of New York City, 1850- present

Current Courses

• One Nation, Under Oath: Citizenship and Culture in the Early Cold War, 1945-1963 (AMST 100, Spring 2007; AMER 100, Fall 2007 & Spring 2008)
• American Singer, American Song: Nation, Labor, and Migration in American Culture, 1855-1945 (Fall 2006, Spring 2007)
• Bob Dylan's America (Maymester 2007)
• Come Hell or High Water: The Doomsday Scenario in American Culture (Fall 2007, Spring 2008)
• Fighting Words, Moving Images: Representing Modern Warfare in Literature, Photography, and Film (Fall 2008; Spring 2009)
• Poet(s) in New York: Whitman, Hughes, Lorca, Ginsberg, and Smith (Fall 2008)

Current Positions

• Lecturer in American Studies
• Lecturer in English Literature

Previous Positions

• Graduate Instructor, Vanderbilt University (1998-2004)
• Teaching Assistant, Program in American and Southern Studies, Vanderbilt University (2002-2004)
• Master Teaching Fellow, Center For Teaching, Vanderbilt University (2001-2002)
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, SUNY Stony Brook (1994-1995)

Professional Societies

• Modern Language Association
• American Studies Association