Degrees

B.A. English, San Francisco State University

M.A. English, State University of New York, New Paltz

Ph.D. English, University of California, Riverside

Specializations

• American Literature
• American and British Women Writers
• Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism
• Dickinson

Interests

Authors: Mary Austen, Zora Neale Hurston, Emily Dickinson, Thornton Wilder, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

University/Program Connections

Community and Club Connections

Passions & Distractions

Women's Writing

Literature of the Frontier/American West

Courses Taught

• English 235: Early American Literature
• English 236: Later American Literature
• English 316: Business Writing
• English 331: American Women Writers
• English 331: Literature of 1890s' America
• English 422: The American Renaissance

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