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Kean University

Education

  • B.A., Bard College
  • M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Ph.D., Drew University

Areas of Expertise

  • Contemporary American Literature
  • Literary Theory
  • James Baldwin

Courses Taught

  • World Literature- ENG 2403
  • Composition- ENG 1030
  • Critical Approaches to Literature- ENG 3100
  • British Literature I- ENG 2205
  • African American Literature Survey- ENG 3200

Teaching Philosophy

To be an excellent educator, one must love teaching and experience the classroom as a scared place where we are often our best selves, as we seek to learn from our students, ourselves, and the world we interact with.

My students should know

That when I was 18 I took all of my babysitting money and spent the summer traveling abroad, in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.