Gustavus Adolphus College

Associate Professor
English

I love teaching the sweep of American literature from traditional Native American creation stories to contemporary novels although I am particularly interested in American women writers and ethnic American literature. I am also the director of Curriculum II, Gustavus' integrated alternative general education program, and am interested in its interdisciplinary approach, its exploration of values, and its creation of a learning community.

I have published and presented on Willa Cather, Thoreau, and diversity and church-related colleges. I love English Country dancing (what you see in Jane Austen movies) and travel (mainly in the US but also England and Japan).

Interests

• American Literature
• Women Writers
• Willa Cather
• Ethnic American Literature
• Autobiography
• Buddhism