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Biography
Hired in 1998 as an instructor of English, over the last 22 years, my primary focus is teaching writing, including first year composition, and other literature courses. From 2003-2011, I served as the Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, and I was recently promoted to Teaching Professor of English. Recent activities connected to my scholarly work includes directing the Willa Cather International Seminar in 2017, and serving as a member of the Willa Cather Foundation's Board of Governors. Currently, I am developing the Western Pennsylvania Art, Literature and Culture Project, a center devoted to the study of art and literature in Western Pennsylvania.
Teaching Interests:
American novel, humor and satire, banned Books, Willa Cather, Pennsylvania literature
Research Interests
Willa Cather, Pittsburgh literature and history, American comedy, The American Novel
Publications
Willa Cather and Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Idealism and the Artist. Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 58.3 (Spring 2016): 7-12.
Note on Exact Date of Willa Cather’s Arrival in Pittsburgh. With Timothy Bintrim. Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 58.3 (Spring 2016): 31.
Willa Cather, E.L. Blumenschein, and the Painting of To-morrow. Cather Studies, Volume 11. Expected date of publication. Fall 2016. (In press)
Education
Ph.D. English Duquesne University 2003
M.A. English Duquesne University 1991
B.A. English University of Dayton 1989