EDUCATION

Ph.D., English, Loyola University Chicago, 2000

M. A., English, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1996
Related Field: Spanish

Bachelor of Arts, English and Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire , 1993, summa cum laude, con honore  

Dissertation:
"Revisioning Christian Ministry: Women and Ministry in Agnes Grey, Ruth, Janet’s Repentance, and Adam Bede "
        Committee: Dr. Micael Clarke (Chair), Dr. Frank Fennell, Dr. J. Brooks Bouson

Ph.D. Exam Fields:
The Victorian Period
British Women Novelists, 1837-1901
Feminist/Gender Theory

M.A. Paper Requirements:
"Julian of Norwich’s Shewings: Medieval Images of Eve"
"Unions and Working Class Reform in Hard Times and Mary Barton"
"La Desmitificación de la Mujer Ideal en El Curioso Impertinente y The Clerk’s Tale"

Associate Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, 2005-present
Assistant Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, 2000-2005
Instructor, Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, 1999
Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, 1996-1999
Research Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, 1998-1999
Instructor/Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1994-1996

"Reflections on the First Years of My Career at a Two-Year Institution."  ADFL Bulletin  38.3 (2007): forthcoming.

"Teacher Retention."  Column on Education and Academics.  Phi Kappa Phi Forum 86.3 (2006): 3, 5.

"The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning."  Column on Education and Academics.  Phi Kappa Phi Forum 85.3 (2005): 3, 5.

"Perspectives on the Game."  Rev. of Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems.  Elysian Fields Quarterly Spring 2005: 106-7.

"2005: The Year of Languages."  Column on Education and Academics.  Phi Kappa Phi Forum 85.1 (2005): 3, 5.  

"Math and Writing Anxieties."  Column on Education and Academics.  Phi Kappa Phi Forum 84.3 (2004): 3, 5.

"Interdisciplinary Studies." Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 84.1 (2004): 3, 5.

"What’s in a Name? Echoes of Biblical Women in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth." The Gaskell Society Journal 18 (2004): 50-64.

"Unexpected Confessions." Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 83.3 (2003): 3, 5.

"Preaching to the Clergy: Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey as a Treatise on Sermon Style and Delivery." Victorian Literature and Culture 31.1 (2003): 225-240.

"‘"I am not Esther’": Biblical Heroines and Sarah Grand's Challenge to Institutional Christianity in The Heavenly Twins." Silent Voices: Forgotten Novels by Victorian Women Writers. Ed. Brenda Ayres. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. 155-171.

"Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity." Forthcoming in Literature and Musical Adaptation. Ed. Michael J. Meyer. New York: Rodopi Press, 2002. 47-59.
        (Note: This is a revised and updated version of the essay which appeared in PIPA and is listed below.)

"Dinah and the Debate Over Vocation in Adam Bede." George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies 42-43 (2002): 30-49.

With Dr. Francis L. Fennell. "Musical Responses to Hopkins." Hopkins Quarterly 28.1-2 (2001): 3-54.

"Settling for a Great Job." Profession 2001. New York: MLA, 2000. 85-91.

"Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity." PIPA: Publication of the Illinois Philological Association 2 (1999): n. pag. <http://www.eiu.edu/~ipaweb/pipa/index.htm>.

Neale, J. M. "Ruth." Project Canterbury, 2000. <http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/neale/ruth.html>.

"Light at the End of the Job-Search Tunnel: Perspectives from Successful Candidates."  Panel arranged by Association of Departments of Foreign Languages.  Modern Language Association Convention.  Washington, D.C., 27-30 December 2005.

With Karen A. Stolpa. "Thinking Outside the Sphere: Bringing the Theory of Multiple Dimensions to the Masses." Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois, 7-9 November 2003.

"What’s in a Name? Biblical Namesakes in Victorian Novels." Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 8-10 November 2002.

"Composing Identity through Autobiographical Writing in Introductory Composition Courses." Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, Kentucky, 10-12 October 2002.

"Women and Christian Ministry: Mid-Nineteenth Century Victorian Literary Responses to a Changing Religious Climate." Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 4-6 November 1999.

"Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Victorian Novelists in Support of Women’s Ministry." Midwest Conference on British Studies. Chicago, Illinois, 22-23 October 1999.

"Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity." The Second Annual Meeting of the Illinois Philological Association. Macomb, Illinois, 3-4 April 1998.

Recruitment and Retention Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2006-present, Chair September 2007-present
Engaging Students in the First Year Campus Coordinator, UW-Marinette, 2005-present
Steering Committee Chair, UW-Marinette, September 2005-March 2007
Diversity and Equity Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2005-August 2006
Steering Committee Representative from Humanities Division, UW-Marinette, 2004-2005
Dean’s Search and Screen Committee, UW-Marinette, October 2003-March 2004 (Chair)
Appointments Committee, UW-Marinette, August 2002-May 2003 (Chair)
Northern Lights Editorial Board, UW-Marinette, 2001-present
Faculty Athletic Representative, UW-Marinette, September 2001-2005; Grievance sub-committee, 2002-2005
Student Affairs Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2001-2005 (ex officio, non-voting)
Information and Instructional Technology Committee, UW-Marinette, 2000-2002
Scholarship Committee, UW-Marinette, January-August 2001
Academic Affairs Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2001-August 2002
Returning Adult Student Advisor Search and Screen Committee, UW-Marinette, Fall 2001

English Department Executive Committee, UW Colleges, September 2006-present
English Department Search and Screen Committee, September 2006-March 2007
English Department Curriculum Committee, UW Colleges, 2004-2006 (Co-Chair)
English Department Merit Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003
English Department Planning Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003, 2005-2006
English Department ad hoc committee on Mentoring First Year Faculty, UW Colleges, 2003

UW Colleges

Foundations of Excellence Task Force (Phase II), Sub-committee member, Spring 2006
Policy Center on the First Year of College "Foundations of Excellence" Task Force (Phase I), Spring 2005
Planning Committee for First Year Seminar Instructor Retreat, Spring 2005
Colloquium Planning Committee, UW Colleges, Spring 2004

TEACHING/RESEARCH INTERESTS

Composition/Writing
Scientific Fiction (especially related to concepts of Mathematics and Physics)
Math and Writing Anxieties
British Literature 1700-1901
Nineteenth-Century Fiction and Poetry
Religion and Literature
Women and Literature
Multicultural Literature

Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers
George Eliot Fellowship