I am a scholar, teacher, and writer living in Atlanta, Georgia. My primary focus is American culture and literature. I have written on topics such as popular culture and politics; honors and prison pedagogy; Midwestern literature; and 19th century thinkers such as Abraham Lincoln.
Currently, I serve as an Associate Professor of English at Perimeter College, Georgia State University in Decatur, Georgia. Some of my courses include Composition courses such as: "Joy," "Paranoia and Nostalgia; or How (Not) to Do Research," and "The Power of Truthiness: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World and Perspectives courses such as: "Project Labs: Georgia State University Prison Education Project;" "Make Nostalgia Great Again: Cultural Politics of Nostalgia, 1980-present;" and "Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not After You: Pop Culture and Paranoia." I have been recognized for excellence in teaching throughout my career, including: Portnoy Prize for Outstanding Honors Faculty at Perimeter College (2020), Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Teaching Award (2021), Outstanding Junior Faculty at Perimeter College (2021). I also served as a Governor's Teaching Fellow at the Louise McBee Institute for Higher Education at the University of Georgia in 2023-24.
From 2019-2023, I served as a coordinator with the Georgia State University Prison Education Project. Learn more about my work in higher education in prisons here and here, and watch my Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy talk here.
My book, Paranoia and Nostalgia in American Popular Culture, 1980-2020, will be released by Bloomsbury Academic on February 5, 2026.
Currently, I serve as an Associate Professor of English at Perimeter College, Georgia State University in Decatur, Georgia. Some of my courses include Composition courses such as: "Joy," "Paranoia and Nostalgia; or How (Not) to Do Research," and "The Power of Truthiness: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World and Perspectives courses such as: "Project Labs: Georgia State University Prison Education Project;" "Make Nostalgia Great Again: Cultural Politics of Nostalgia, 1980-present;" and "Just Because You're Paranoid Doesn't Mean They're Not After You: Pop Culture and Paranoia." I have been recognized for excellence in teaching throughout my career, including: Portnoy Prize for Outstanding Honors Faculty at Perimeter College (2020), Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Teaching Award (2021), Outstanding Junior Faculty at Perimeter College (2021). I also served as a Governor's Teaching Fellow at the Louise McBee Institute for Higher Education at the University of Georgia in 2023-24.
From 2019-2023, I served as a coordinator with the Georgia State University Prison Education Project. Learn more about my work in higher education in prisons here and here, and watch my Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy talk here.
My book, Paranoia and Nostalgia in American Popular Culture, 1980-2020, will be released by Bloomsbury Academic on February 5, 2026.
