University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2004
Master of Arts in English
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 2001
Bachelor of Arts in English, Magna Cum Laude
Fellowships, Grants, Awards and Scholarships
Teaching with Technology Innovation Award, UNC Studio for Instructional Technology, 2006
E. Allan Brown Award, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English, 2000
University Honors, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2001
Provost Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1997-2001
Research Interests
Eighteenth-Century British and American Literature; British and Continental Philosophy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Philosophical Writing and Rhetoric; Eighteenth-Century Men's Clubs in England and America; Writing by Eighteenth-Century Women; Restoration Drama; Literary Theory
Scholarly Publications
"Swift's Idea of Christian Community." Swift as Priest and Satirist. Forthcoming
Real Visual: An Interactive Guide to Analyzing and Composing (with Daniel Anderson, Melissa Meeks and Patrick Cooper). Longman Press, 2006. (with Daniel Anderson, Melissa Meeks and Patrick Cooper)
Current Projects
"Dryden's Magnetic Heroes: The Conquest of Granada and the 17th-century Geomagnetism Debates." In preparation.
Conference Presentations
"'The Great Use of Books:' Critical Reading and the Philosophy of Conduct." American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2005.
Teaching Experience
English 120: British Literature from Chaucer to Pope Fall 2006
Full Responsibility. A survey course for English majors that introduces major works of British literature from the 14th century to the end of the 18th century and develops the skills needed for upper-level English courses.
English 56: Shakespeare's Major Plays Fall 2005
Discussion leader. Planned once-per-week discussion section and completed all grading for this survey of Shakespeare's major plays.
English 12: Writing Across the Curriculum: Blogging the Brain Spring 2004, Spring 2005
Full Responsibility. Theme course introducing students to the conventions of academic writing with a focus on recent work in neurology, cognitive psychology and how these fields have impacted critical trends in the humanities.
English 12: Writing Across the Curriculum Spring 2003
Full Responsibility. Introduced students to the conventions of academic writing in the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
English 11: First-year Writing Fall 2003, Fall 2004
Full Responsibility. Introduced students to discourse communities in popular culture, public service and the academy with an empahsis on group work and writing workshops.
Academic Support Experience
Coordinating Group Leader, UNC-CH, 2005-2006
Planned and led required training sessions for composition instructors on teaching with technology as well as general class management and pedagogical issues.
Summer Reading Program Discussion Leader, UNC-CH, 2005
Led discussion for entering first-year students on assigned reading.
Studio for Instructional Technology in English Studies Intern, UNC-CH, 2002-2003
Supported UNC composition instructors with technology-related teaching issues.
University Service
Critical Speakers Coordinator, Association of Graduate English Students, UNC-CH, 2005-2006
Helped to conceive, plan and execute UNC's now-annual Spring Symposium; coordinated graduate student interest in external speakers.
Graduate Mentor, UNC-CH, 2005-2006
Advised incoming graduate students on issues related to curriculum, funding, research, etc.
Professional Memberships
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies
UNC Association of Graduate English Students