Courses Taught
ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing SeminarENGL 111 – Introduction to Literature
ENGL 211 – Introduction to Film
ENGL 311 – Film and Literature
ENGL 354 – American Literature Since 1865
ENGL 486 – Topics in Film Analysis
ENGL 487 – Literary Movements
ENGL 489 – Literary Topics
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton. Dallas and Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006.
"The Reality of Forms: Teaching Heart of Darkness After New Historicism.” Approaches to Teaching Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. Eds. Brian W. Shaffer and Hunt Hawkins. New York: Modern Language Association, 2002. 54-60.
“’Exquisite Taste’: The Recent Henry James Movies as Middlebrow Culture.” Henry James on the Stage and Screen. Ed. John R. Bradley. New York: Palgrave, 2000. 157-76.
"Moving Pictures and Spectacular Criminality in An American Tragedy and Native Son.” Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies. Ed. Jack Salzman, Volume 27 (Fall 2002): 399-426.
"Dis(re)membered Bodies: Cormac McCarthy’s Border Fiction.” Modern Fiction Studies 49.1 (Spring 2003): 155-80.
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The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton. Dallas and Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006.
"The Reality of Forms: Teaching Heart of Darkness After New Historicism.” Approaches to Teaching Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. Eds. Brian W. Shaffer and Hunt Hawkins. New York: Modern Language Association, 2002. 54-60.
“’Exquisite Taste’: The Recent Henry James Movies as Middlebrow Culture.” Henry James on the Stage and Screen. Ed. John R. Bradley. New York: Palgrave, 2000. 157-76.
"Moving Pictures and Spectacular Criminality in An American Tragedy and Native Son.” Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies. Ed. Jack Salzman, Volume 27 (Fall 2002): 399-426.
"Dis(re)membered Bodies: Cormac McCarthy’s Border Fiction.” Modern Fiction Studies 49.1 (Spring 2003): 155-80.
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Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Visiting Research Fellowship, Rothermere American Institute
Oxford University Alice V. Watkins Faculty Diversity Award
Accomplished Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-04
Faculty Research Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Creative Teaching Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Boston University, 1993
Oxford University Alice V. Watkins Faculty Diversity Award
Accomplished Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-04
Faculty Research Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Creative Teaching Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Boston University, 1993
Special Interests and Activities
American literature and culture
African-American literature and culture
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Postmodernism
Screenwriting
Languages (French and Spanish)
African-American literature and culture
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Postmodernism
Screenwriting
Languages (French and Spanish)
