Lecturer

Office: Fretwell 245B
Phone: 704.687.4336
Email:

Education

• M.A. University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 2005
• B.A. University of North Carolina-Charlotte , 2002

Areas of Interest

• Gender Studies
• American literature and culture
• Comparative Myth and Religions
• Learning Communities

Selected Publications and Presentations

“Crossing the Domestic Threshold Alone: Representations of Marriage and Women in Louisa May Alcott's Moods,” National PCA/ACA Conference. Atlanta , GA , 2006.

“Restructuring Childhood: Subversive Christian Messages in Children's Literature,” EGSA Conference. University of North Carolina at Charlotte , 2006.

“The Quest of the Boy:  The Search for Self in Subterranean Regions of Adolescent Literature,” EGSA Conference. University of North Carolina at Charlotte , 2005.

"Calling the Four Quarters:  Images of the Goddess in Popular Culture," PCAS/ACAS Annual Conference. Savannah , GA , 2006.

“Bidding on a Claim for Toulmin:  Use of EBay in Writing Argument.” M/MLA National Conference. Chicago , November 2006.

Courses Taught

• English 1101: English Composition
• English 1102: Writing in Academic Communities
• English 1103: Accelerated College Writing and Rhetoric
• AMST 3000: American Urban Culture
• AMST 3000: The “Outsider” in American Culture

Professional Appointments
Faculty appointments:

• UNC Charlotte since 2006

Administrative appointments:

• English Learning Community Coordinator since 2007