Education
M.A., English Literature, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.A., English, Mount Holyoke College
Publications
War, Espionage, and Masculinity in British Fiction, Editor, Contributing Author.
Vernon Press, 2023. Chapters authored: "Introduction," "“Conquest, Competition, and Masculinity in Graham Greene’s The Quiet American,” and “Masculinity in The Living Daylights: The Story, the Film, and a Dream of a Man.”
Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries, Editor, Contributing Author
Vernon Press, 2021. Chapters authored: "Introduction," "Gender and Class in John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights," "Chivalry and Ambition in Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King," and "The Death of the Fisher King in Iris Murdoch's The Time of the Angels."
Presentations
“Devils' Deals in Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, March 2023.
“Science Gone Wild in The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, March 2023.
“Gawain Without the Sir in the 2021 Film The Green Knight. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2022.
“Daunted Masculinity in Beckett’s ‘Dante and the Lobster.’” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Boston, MA, March 2020.
“Masculinity in ‘The Living Daylights’: Fleming v. Broccoli.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Washington, D.C., March 22, 2019.
“The Death of the Fisher King in Iris Murdoch’s The Time of the Angels.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 14, 2018.
“Misogyny and the Incompetent Narrator in Samuel Beckett’s The Dream of Fair to Middling Women” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2017
“Mary Shelley Unbound: The Author as Character.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 18, 2016
“Unconquerable Women and The Quiet American.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 4, 2014.
“The Continuing Relevance of Dr. Moreau.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Rochester, NY, March 15, 2012.
“John Steinbeck’s To a God Unknown and the Puritan Imagination.” Northeast ModernLanguage Association Conference, New Brunswick, NJ, April 9, 2011.
PANELS CHAIRED:
Proposed session, reviewed abstracts for, and chaired the following:
“Dealing with the Devil: The Faust Motif.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, March 24, 2023.
“Other Genders in Literature.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, online, March 2021.
“Weirdos, Wimps, Losers, and Cowards: Nonconforming Masculinities in Literature.” Granted a second session because of strong response to call for papers. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Boston, MA, March 2020.
“War, Espionage, and Masculinity in Twentieth Century British Fiction.” Granted a second session because of strong response to call for papers. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Washington, D.C., March 2019.
“Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries.” Explored contemporary additions and adaptations of Arthurian legend in film, literature, and popular culture. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2018.
“Mary Shelley, Pop Icon.” Explores Mary Shelley’s influence on and appearance in popular culture. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016.
“World War II Adaptations.” Explored film adaptations of books on World War II. Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April, 2014.
Academic Interests
Samuel Beckett
George Bernard Shaw
Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Feminist Criticism
Film Adaptation of Literature