I study nineteenth century American literature and its relationship to labor in American culture.  I have written on Midwestern literature in MidAmerica and the forthcoming Rediscovering the American Midwest volume Pieces of the Heartland: Representing Early Twentieth-Century Midwestern Places. I have also written on Bruce Springsteen and folk music in Bruce Springsteen and Popular Music: Rhetoric, Memorial, and Contemporary Culture. My courses include:  “The Power of ‘Truthiness’: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World" (ENGL 1101) and “We Understand, Then, Do We Not: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Forms” (ENGL 1102), "Imaginary Resolutions to Real Contradictions: American Popular Culture, 1828-present" (PERS 2003), and "Just Because You're Paranoid Deosn't Mean They're Not After You" (PERS 2003H). I work as an Assistant Professor of English at Perimeter College, Georgia State University in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Digital versions of my CV and Teaching Philosophy are available. Learn more about my work at Phillips State Prison with Common Good Atlanta here or see my current course offerings here. 

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