Research, Teaching, and Leadership
I am an Associate Professor of English and the Program Director of the Environmental Studies Minor at Gannon University, as well as Associate Executive Director of Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA.org).
My research explores academic protest literature as a facet of critical university studies, 20th- and 21st-century American literary and cultural studies, the environmental humanities, and student-centered pedagogy.
Academic Protest Literature in the U.S., 1985–2015
Available February 4, 2027
Through close readings of university fiction, film, sculptures, and life writing, this monograph defines a distinct genre of academic protest literature that reveals how artists and scholars creatively confronted the corporatization of higher education during the period 1985 to 2015.
Examining works by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, James Hynes, Alex Kudera, Ishmael Reed, Jane Smiley, Margaret DeLima, and more, the volume explores five broad themes: knowledge production and the public good, the invisibility of contingent labor, affirmative action, the commodification of international students, and narratives of departing academia ("quit lit").
Invited Talks, Workshops, and Consulting
Available for campus talks and keynotes, departmental and academic program reviews, and faculty workshops on Socratic Circles.
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