Education:
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.A. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
B.A. University of Pittsburgh
Publications:
“Envisioning the Rural Virtual College Classroom: Some Proposals for Inclusivity and Equity.” Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Diversity and Equity in a Virtual World. Eds. Emily K. Reeves and Christina Janise McIntyre. IGI Global, 2022. Pp. 257-71.
Solidarity with the Other Beings on the Planet: Alice Walker, Ecofeminism, and Animals in Literature. Northwestern University Press, 2020.
“Review of David Cowart’s The Tribe of Pyn: Literary Generations in the Postmodern Period.” Studies in the Novel 48.3 (2016): 386-87.
“Alice Walker on Animal Ethics in Her Fiction: An Interview.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 44.1 (2015): 99-116. Reprinted in Activism: Voices for Change, Routledge, 2016.
“Language and Historical Memory in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day.” The Power of the Word: The Sacred and the Profane. Ed. Patsy Daniels. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015.
“Subverting Heteronormativity: Another Look at Alice Walker’s By the Light of My Father’s Smile.” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 40.5 (2011): 600-19.
The Fragmented Female Body and Identity: The Postmodern, Feminist, and Multiethnic Writings of Toni Morrison, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Phyllis Alesia Perry, Gayl Jones, Emma Pérez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Kathy Acker, Peter Lang, 2010.
“A Blow-Up Doll on Campus: Invoking Marina Abramović’s Rhythm 0 to Investigate Female Objectification.” The Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23.1 (2010): 33-50.
“Fragmentation and Maternal Healing in Tina De Rosa’s Paper Fish.” VIA: Voices in Italian Americana 21.2 (2010): 26-35.