Educational Background
Ph.D. in English Literature & Criticism (May 2010)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Indiana, PA 15701
Primary Areas of Study: 19th Century British Literature, Ecocriticism, Literary Criticism and Theory, Composition
Dissertation Topic: An Ecocritical Examination of British Romantic Natural History Writing (Completed March 2010)
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. David Downing
Master of Arts Degree in English Literature (May 2003)
Buffalo State College: Buffalo, NY
Primary Areas of Study: British Romanticism/Contemporary Women’s Writing (Body Image / Eating Disorders in Contemporary Women’s Writing)
Master’s Thesis: Deconstructing Patriarchal Ideology in Mary Gordon’s The Shadow Man (Completed May 2003).
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (May 2000)
Canisius College: Buffalo, NY
Professional Experience
Florida Institute of Technology. Melbourne, Florida (Fall 2021): Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Clarion University. Clarion, Pennsylvania (Fall 2020): Assistant Professor of English: English Literature and Composition.
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville. Titusville, Pennsylvania (Fall 2015-Summer 2020): Visiting Assistant Professor of English: English Literature and Composition.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Indiana, Pennsylvania (Fall 2010-Spring 2014): Assistant Professor: English Literature and Composition.
