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Title: Associate Professor of English
Department: English
Colleges and Universities Attended and Degrees Received:
Wesleyan University, B.A., 1987
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1995
Scholarly/Professional Accomplishments:
Three books published; multiple scholarly articles commissioned for leading publications; courses created in Film, Environmental Literature, Native American Literature, and Fantasy Literature; winner of the inaugural Herbert Ross Brown Prize in New England Literary History; past Coordinator of the Core Curriculum; co-founder of the La Roche Peace and Social Justice Committee.
Books published:
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Medicine Bundle: Indian Sacred Performance and American Literature, 1824-1932. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
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The Demon of the Continent: Indians and the Shaping of American Literature. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
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Current Projects:
Co-editing a collection of essays on Indian performance in early America; designing courses in Native American Religion, Literature and Social Justice, and Comic Books/Graphic Novels; developing an interdisciplinary program in Environmental Sustainability.
Awards and Recognitions:
Brother Gregory Nugent Award for Teacher Excellence 2008
Faculty Scholarship Grant, La Roche College, 2006-2007
Nomination for Teaching Excellence Award, La Roche College, 2006
Herbert Ross Brown Prize in New England Literary History,
New England Quarterly, 2005
Outstanding Faculty Service Award, La Roche College, Spring 2001
Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1993-1994
Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University, Fall 1986
Hobbies and interests:
Cartoonist for The New People, local peace and social justice newspaper; coordinator of local environmental rallies with the groups Step It Up and Focus the Nation; gorilla lover; follower of the writings and teachings of Henry David Thoreau.
Links of interest: Merton Center | Step It Up | Focus the Nation | The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | The Thoreau Society
Joined La Roche: 1999
Hometown: Pittsburgh
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