Office Hours
- Monday, NETVIRTUAL 09:00-01:00 p.m.
Composition
Using film in the composition classroom, addressing social issues as a means of teaching composition, learner-centered approaches in teaching, using technology as facilitator of educational outcomes.
Film
- The films of Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg
- Japanese Cinema
- Film Noir
- Narrative
- Genre Studies
Courses Taught
- English 1101
- English 1102
- English 1154
Projects
- An exploration of genre and cinematic and literary influence in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen.
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books
- Midwest Conference on Literature, Language and Media 2009: Presented "The Language of War in Byron's Childe Harold"
- Midwest Conference on Literature, Language and Media 2010: Presented "Always Put One in the Brain: Masculinity and the Head in Miller's Crossing"
- Allerton Articulation Conference 2010: Presented "Coen Brothers Film & Literature Pedagogy Project"
- Midwest Popular Culture Association 2010: Presented" 'A True and living prophet of destruction': Chigurh as Vietcong in the Novel/Film No Country for Old Men"
- Allerton Articulation Conference 2013: Presented "Using Documentary Film in The Composition II Classroom"
Education
- M.A. in English (Film & Literature) Northern Illinois University, 2010
- B.A. in English Northern Illinois University, 2008