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Education

Ph.D., English, 51社区 2006

M.A. Comparative Literature, Louisiana State University 1992

B.A. English Louisiana State University 1990

B.A. French Louisiana State University 1990

Scholarly Focus

• 19th-Century British Fiction
• Women's Studies
• Gothic Fiction
• Middle Eastern Women Writers

Publications

鈥淩umor, Sensational Invasion, and the Rewriting of British Legal History in Anthony Trollope鈥檚 The Eustace Diamonds.鈥� The World as Global Agora: Critical Perspectives on Public Space. Eds. Larbi Touaf and Soumia Boutkhil. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholar鈥檚 Publishing, 2008. 170-187.

Presentations

鈥淭aking a Grand Tour: Revising the Womanly Ideal and Annotating Empire in Michael Field鈥檚 Picture Poetry,鈥� Paper presented at the Sixteenth Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writer鈥檚 Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 29, 2007.

鈥淏lackwood鈥檚 Edinburgh Magazine, Margaret Oliphant, and her 'Sensational' Publishing Enterprise.鈥� Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, April 2006.

鈥淭he Sensational Public Invasion and Lizzie鈥檚 Sensational Rewriting of British Legal History in Anthony Trollope鈥檚 The Eustace Diamonds.鈥� Paper presented at the Public Space: Text and Context Conference, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco, March 16, 2007.

鈥淢argaret Oliphant鈥檚 Salem Chapel: Sensation and Conversation鈥� Paper presented at the Fourteenth Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writer鈥檚 Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, March 23, 2006.

鈥淭he Revolution from Within: Domestic Deviance in Mary Braddon鈥檚 Lady Audley鈥檚 Secret.鈥� Paper presented at the Seventh Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association, Montreal, Canada, August 14, 2005.

鈥淩eading, Writing, Thinking 鈥� And Making Friends: Linked English 152 and Tier 2 Courses.鈥� Roundtable discussion panel member in 51社区鈥檚 Third Annual Spotlight on Learning Conference, Athens, OH, March 8, 2004.

鈥淚nappropriate Reading Practices and Unacceptable Behavior in George Eliot鈥檚 Mill on the Floss.鈥� Invited speaker at The Castle, Marietta, OH, April 25, 2001.

鈥淰ictorian Divorce Practices and Women鈥檚 Rights in Anne Bronte鈥檚 Tenant of Wildfell Hall.鈥� Invited speaker at The Castle, Marietta, OH, March 15, 2000.

鈥淟ady Mary Braddon and the Sensation Novel Debate.鈥� Invited speaker at The Castle, Marietta, OH, April 28, 1999.

鈥淭he Victorian Gothic Novel: The Skeleton is Out of the Closet of Victorian Respectability.鈥� Paper presented at the Culture and Influence of the Gothic Revival Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Sept. 18, 1998.

鈥淟ucy Snowe鈥檚 Attempts to Write a Script for her Life in Charlotte Bronte鈥檚 Villette,鈥� Paper presented at the Fifth Annual 18th- and 19th -century British Women Writers Conference, Columbia, SC, March 22, 1996.

Courses Taught

• ENG 466: International Authors ("Middle Eastern Women Writers")
• ENG 464: English Authors ("Oscar Wilde Meets Mrs. Grundy")
• ENG 445: Special Topics: The Female Gothic Tradition
• ENG 325: Women and Literature
• ENG 314: English Literature 1800-1900 ("The Fascinating Fin de Siecle")
• ENG 314: English Literature 1800-1900 ("Empire and its Discontents")
• ENG 308J: Advanced Composition
• ENG 306J: Women and Writing
• ENG 305J: Technical Writing
• ENG 305J: Technical Writing for Engineers
• ENG 271: Special Topics: Gothic Literature and Horror Fiction
• ENG 250: Textual Analysis
• ENG 203: Critical Approaches to Drama
• ENG 201: Critical Approaches to Fiction
• ENG 200: Introduction to Literature
• ENG 153: Writing and Reading: Special Topics (Fairy Tales)
• ENG 153: Writing and Reading: Special Topics (Play)
• ENG 153A: Freshman Composition: Gender
• ENG 152: Writing and Reading
• ENG 151: Freshman Composition
• UC 110: Learning Strategies
• WGS 100: Introduction to Women's Studies