English

EDUCATION:
Ph.D., English Language and Literature, University of Virginia, 2007
B.S., English (Hons.) and Biochemistry, University of Michigan, 1999

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INTERESTS: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature; African-American Literature; Literature and Science; Literary Theory; American Counterculture Movements; New Media

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 ---“Designing Matter: Fusing Science and Humanities Approaches to Address Real
            World Challenges.” Proceedings of The ReinventionCenter’s 3rd National
            Conference: Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the
            Multiple Functions of the ResearchUniversity, Nov 9-10, 2006 Washington DC             (with Cassandra Fraser and Jennifer Aultman, 2007)

---“How to Unmake a Cup of Coffee: Entropy in Sam Shepard’s 4-H Club.”
            Techknowledgies: New Cultural Imaginaries in the Humanities, Arts, &
            TechnoSciences. Ed. Mary Valentis.  (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press,
            2007)

---“ ‘My Newish Voice’: Rethinking Black Power in Gwendolyn Brooks’s Whirlwind.”
            Callaloo 29.2 (2006)

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES: Writing Seminars I, Writing Seminars II