Areas of Expertise
American Literature, Creative Writing

Contributions: (published works or studies, conference presentations)

• The Culture and Commerce of the Short Story (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) Cambridge University Press 1993.
• "The Anti-Jefferson (Robert Carter III)" published in American Scholar, 2001.
• The First Emancipator, Random House 2005.
• Currently co-authoring a creative writing anthology/textbook for Harcourt Brace.
• Published articles on Franklin, Douglass, Poe, Jacobs, Wharton, and Morrison, as well as short stories and book reviews.

Education/Degrees

• B.A. Brown University
• M.A. Johns Hopkins University
• Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Professional Credentials
Co-Director of the Writers' Studio. At Butler since 1992.

Teaches courses in a range of American literary topics, including African American and Native American literature as well as creative writing and freshman English.