Scholarly Interests:

Novel Theory (The Encyclopedic Novel), 20th-Century American Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Critical Theory, Postmodernism

My current project is an analysis of the novel (historically and in the contemporary moment) as an active address to a readership towards the ends of creating alternative communities. The analysis focuses on formal characteristics of the genre, as well as the narratological engagement of the readership. My specific interest is in the anti-normative, centrifugal movements, but attends also the necessity of centripetal forces as the two form a locked pair.

Teaching Assistantships:

The American Novel 1900 to Present

Masterpieces of English Literature 1832 to Present

Introduction to Principles of Criticism

Conference Presentations:

"Not Just 'The Old In and Out': Reformulating Theories of Desire in The Letters of Mina Harker." Works in Progress: MAPH 2006. Chicago, IL. University of Chicago, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities.