Ph.D. (ABD), Visual Culture and Literature, University of Malaya, Malaysia (expected defense December, 2024)

M.A., Literatures in English, University of California, San Diego, 2008

B.A., English, Utah State University, 1999

As a first generation university graduate, I am a strong advocate for education that liberates and empowers students. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and have made a slow westward journey during my lifetime, with stops in Utah, California, and most recently Bangladesh, where I served for ten years as an Assistant Professor of Composition at the Asian University for Women.

I am a Lecturer in English in the first of what I hope will be many years in China and at Wenzhou-Kean. In addition to my research interests, I write short and long-form fiction and poetry and teach online courses on social justice to underserved populations.

19^th-century American literature, postcolonial theory, gender and queer theory, disability studies

“Through a Glass Darkly,” (novella), Anak Sastra Literary Journal, Issue 45, November 2021

ENG 2403 – World Literature

ENG 1300/1430 – College Composition I and II

ESL 0405 – Academic Written Discourse