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Winter Weather Announcement

Due to the ongoing winter storm and cleanup operations, all Kean campuses will continue to operate remotely on Tuesday, February 24. 

All classes and activities will be conducted remotely during this time. Employees will also work remotely. Only those employees deemed essential during weather emergencies should report to campus. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisor. 

Keanu’s Kitchen will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday to serve residential students. 

Parking across the main campus in Union is currently prohibited. Drivers should keep their vehicles in the Kean Parking Deck while cleanup operations are underway. Vehicles parked elsewhere on campus may be relocated. 

Thank you for your cooperation. 

 

Education

  • Ph.D., English, The University of Virginia (2006)
  • M.A., English, The University of Texas at Austin (1992)
  • B.A. (with Honors), English, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)

Areas of Expertise

  • 19th-20th Century British and European Literature
  • World Literature 

Courses Taught

  • World Literature
  • British Literature
  • The Short Story
  • Critical Approaches to Literature
  • Senior English Seminar
  • Detective Fiction
  • Victorian Literature
  • New Literary Fiction in English

Selected Publications

 “Lilied Tongues and Yellow Claws: The Invention of London’s Chinatown.” In Challenging Modernism: New Readings in Literature and Culture, 1914-45, edited by Stella Deen. Ashgate, 2002.
 

Teaching Philosophy

"How do you know but every Bird that cuts the airy way, is an immense world of delight, closed by your senses five?" (William Blake, 1790)