Research Interests
Nineteenth-century American literature
Critical theory
American pop culture
Prison studies
History of American capitalism
Midwestern regionalism
Publications
Journal Articles
“Abraham Lincoln’s Republic of Rules,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, volume 42, issue 2, 2022, pp. 26-46.
“‘Here’s the church, here’s the steeple’: Existing Politics of Honors Education,” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, volume 22, issue 11, 2021, pp. 21-26.
“‘It’s Not Polite to Talk About Yourself’: Regional Identity and Erasure in the Midwest from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Mad Men.” MidAmerica, volume 41, 2014, pp. 39-61.
Book Chapters
“Fragility and Empathy in the Literature Classroom,” The Affects of Pedagogy in Literary Studies, eds. Christopher Lloyd and Hilary Emmett, Routledge, pp. 174-186,2023.
“‘Poverty Porn’: CBS’s The Briefcase and the Deserving Poor in Reality Television,” Representing the Other Half: Essays on Poverty in American Popular Culture, edited by Wylie Lenz, McFarland Press, pp. 228-246, 2020.
“‘Ya Got Trouble’: River City, Main Street U.S.A., and Nostalgia in the Imagined Midwest,” The Midwestern Moment: Pieces of the Heartland: Representing Early Twentieth-Century Midwestern Places, edited by Andy Oler, Hastings College Press, pp. 53-68, 2018.
“‘To Stand Shoulder to Shoulder and Heart to Heart’: Politics, Authenticity, Community, and Folk Music in the Recent Work of Bruce Springsteen,” Bruce Springsteen and Popular Music: Rhetoric, Memorial, and Contemporary Culture, edited by William I. Wolff, Routlege, pp. 147-161, 2017.
Poems
“How to Watch a Flower Decay,” The Reach of Song 2020: Georgia Poetry Society, Ed. Michael Diebert, Georgia Poetry Society, pp. 44-45, 2020.
Book Reviews
Review of Going "There": Black Visual Satire by Richard J. Powell. Studies in American Humor, vol. 8 no. 1, 2022, p. 207-210
Review of “Sitcommentary: Television Comedies that Changed America by Mark A. Robinson,” Studies in American Humor, vol 7, issue 1, 2021, pp. 249-251
Review of Surveyors of Customs: American Literature as Cultural Analysis by Joel Pfister, South Atlantic Review, volume 84, no. 4, Winter 2019, pp. 148-150.
Review of Echoes of Emerson: Rethinking Realism in Twain, James, Wharton, and Cather by Diana Hope Polley, South Atlantic Review, volume 84, no. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 178-180
Review of Essays: A Fully Annotated Edition by Henry David Thoreau, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 3, 2014, pp. 350-351.
Review of Benjamin Franklin’s Intellectual World, edited by Paul E. Kerry and Matthew S. Holland. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 3, 2014, pp. 336-337.
Review of Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression: Dreamers, Believers, and Madmen by Donald Whisenhunt. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 2, 2014, pp. 265-267.
Review of Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America by Gillian Silverman. Journal of American Culture, volume 36, no. 4, 2013, pp. 367-368.
Selected Conference Presentations
“Do you want to feel something real?” The Lynchian roots of New Sincerity in HBO’s The Rehearsal,” Pop Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX (April 7, 2023)
“What Can the Prison Classroom Teach Colleges and Universities?” Grantmakers in Education Virtual Conference (October 20, 2021)
“Fragilities: Empathy in the Literature and Composition Classroom,” American Comparative Literature Association, [Online Presentation] (March 21, 2020)
“Sentimental Oppression: Social Totality in Melville's Diptych Tales,” Pacific American Modern Language Association, San Diego, CA (November 17, 2019)
“Ghosts: The White Body in Black Surrealism,” Southern American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA (March 15, 2019)
“How Did These Get Made: Towards a Theory of Comedy Podcast Consumption,” Humor in America, American Humor Studies Association and The Mark Twain Circle, Chicago, IL (July 13, 2018)
“The ‘Truthiness’ of It: Questioning the Validity of Our Own Minds,” Northeastern Modern Language Association, Pittsburgh, PA (April 13, 2018)
“The Writing Center as Prison, The Prison as Writing Center: Discipline and Punishment," Southeastern Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 4, 2017)
“Empathy and Community Engagement in the Composition Classroom,” Two Year College Association of Georgia, Clarkston, GA (October 13, 2017)
“‘Only Hegel is fit for America’: Dialectic and Parataxis during the Market Revolution,” American Literature and the Philosophical, Paris, France (March 23, 2017)
Nineteenth-century American literature
Critical theory
American pop culture
Prison studies
History of American capitalism
Midwestern regionalism
Publications
Journal Articles
“Abraham Lincoln’s Republic of Rules,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, volume 42, issue 2, 2022, pp. 26-46.
“‘Here’s the church, here’s the steeple’: Existing Politics of Honors Education,” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, volume 22, issue 11, 2021, pp. 21-26.
“‘It’s Not Polite to Talk About Yourself’: Regional Identity and Erasure in the Midwest from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Mad Men.” MidAmerica, volume 41, 2014, pp. 39-61.
Book Chapters
“Fragility and Empathy in the Literature Classroom,” The Affects of Pedagogy in Literary Studies, eds. Christopher Lloyd and Hilary Emmett, Routledge, pp. 174-186,2023.
“‘Poverty Porn’: CBS’s The Briefcase and the Deserving Poor in Reality Television,” Representing the Other Half: Essays on Poverty in American Popular Culture, edited by Wylie Lenz, McFarland Press, pp. 228-246, 2020.
“‘Ya Got Trouble’: River City, Main Street U.S.A., and Nostalgia in the Imagined Midwest,” The Midwestern Moment: Pieces of the Heartland: Representing Early Twentieth-Century Midwestern Places, edited by Andy Oler, Hastings College Press, pp. 53-68, 2018.
“‘To Stand Shoulder to Shoulder and Heart to Heart’: Politics, Authenticity, Community, and Folk Music in the Recent Work of Bruce Springsteen,” Bruce Springsteen and Popular Music: Rhetoric, Memorial, and Contemporary Culture, edited by William I. Wolff, Routlege, pp. 147-161, 2017.
Poems
“How to Watch a Flower Decay,” The Reach of Song 2020: Georgia Poetry Society, Ed. Michael Diebert, Georgia Poetry Society, pp. 44-45, 2020.
Book Reviews
Review of Going "There": Black Visual Satire by Richard J. Powell. Studies in American Humor, vol. 8 no. 1, 2022, p. 207-210
Review of “Sitcommentary: Television Comedies that Changed America by Mark A. Robinson,” Studies in American Humor, vol 7, issue 1, 2021, pp. 249-251
Review of Surveyors of Customs: American Literature as Cultural Analysis by Joel Pfister, South Atlantic Review, volume 84, no. 4, Winter 2019, pp. 148-150.
Review of Echoes of Emerson: Rethinking Realism in Twain, James, Wharton, and Cather by Diana Hope Polley, South Atlantic Review, volume 84, no. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 178-180
Review of Essays: A Fully Annotated Edition by Henry David Thoreau, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 3, 2014, pp. 350-351.
Review of Benjamin Franklin’s Intellectual World, edited by Paul E. Kerry and Matthew S. Holland. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 3, 2014, pp. 336-337.
Review of Utopian Movements and Ideas of the Great Depression: Dreamers, Believers, and Madmen by Donald Whisenhunt. Journal of American Culture, volume 37, no. 2, 2014, pp. 265-267.
Review of Bodies and Books: Reading and the Fantasy of Communion in Nineteenth-Century America by Gillian Silverman. Journal of American Culture, volume 36, no. 4, 2013, pp. 367-368.
Selected Conference Presentations
“Do you want to feel something real?” The Lynchian roots of New Sincerity in HBO’s The Rehearsal,” Pop Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX (April 7, 2023)
“What Can the Prison Classroom Teach Colleges and Universities?” Grantmakers in Education Virtual Conference (October 20, 2021)
“Fragilities: Empathy in the Literature and Composition Classroom,” American Comparative Literature Association, [Online Presentation] (March 21, 2020)
“Sentimental Oppression: Social Totality in Melville's Diptych Tales,” Pacific American Modern Language Association, San Diego, CA (November 17, 2019)
“Ghosts: The White Body in Black Surrealism,” Southern American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA (March 15, 2019)
“How Did These Get Made: Towards a Theory of Comedy Podcast Consumption,” Humor in America, American Humor Studies Association and The Mark Twain Circle, Chicago, IL (July 13, 2018)
“The ‘Truthiness’ of It: Questioning the Validity of Our Own Minds,” Northeastern Modern Language Association, Pittsburgh, PA (April 13, 2018)
“The Writing Center as Prison, The Prison as Writing Center: Discipline and Punishment," Southeastern Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 4, 2017)
“Empathy and Community Engagement in the Composition Classroom,” Two Year College Association of Georgia, Clarkston, GA (October 13, 2017)
“‘Only Hegel is fit for America’: Dialectic and Parataxis during the Market Revolution,” American Literature and the Philosophical, Paris, France (March 23, 2017)
