Education

Master of Arts, English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2004

Thesis: Natural Ghosts, Unnatural Power: Multiculturalism and Adrian Louis's Skins

Bachelor of Arts, English with a minor in Political Science, Auburn University, 2002

Primary Fields of Research

Nineteenth Century American literature; Native American literature; literature of the U.S. Southeast; comparative racial studies; postcolonial theory

Teaching

University of California, Davis:

Expository Writing (University Writing Program 1)

Introduction to Native American Literature (Native American Studies 5)

University of Alabama at Birmingham:

Freshman Composition, The Expository Essay (English 101)

Freshman Composition, The Art of Argument (English 102)

Introduction to Literature (English 216)

American Literature before 1865 (English 223)

American Literature after 1865 (English 224)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:

Freshman Composition (English 101)

Teaching Assistant

University of California, Davis:

Film as Narrative: The Western and the Twentieth-Century West (English 160)

African American Literature to 1900 (English 181A)

Departmental and Professional Service

Bedford/St. Martin's 2009 Teaching Assistant Advisory Board

University of California, Davis:

J.P. Harrington Database Project, Native American Language Center (2008-Present)

Scholar's Symposium Co-Chair 2009-2010

University of Alabama at Birmingham:

Freshman Composition Curriculum Committee (2006-2007)

Freshman Composition, English 101 Textbook Selection Subcommittee (2006-2007)

Book Talk Co-chair (2007)

Awards

University of Alabama at Birmingham, English Advisory Board Core Teaching Award

Selected Conference Presentations

"Looking Back to Look Forward: Métis Autobiography and Post-Race Theories of American Literature" 19th Annual Conference on American Literature, San Francisco, California May 22-25, 2008, American Literature Association

 “Southern Temporalities and A Confederacy of Dunces” Popular Culture/American Culture Conference, San Francisco, California March 19-22, 2008, American Culture Association