About
I’m the Director of the Connecticut Writing Project and Lecturer in English at the University of Connecticut. I am also the Assistant Coordinator of Early College Experience English. I’m the past President and current Treasurer of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society. Education
PhD in English, UConn, 2006. Dissertation on Biblical Typology in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Works.
MA in English, Humboldt State, 1995. Thesis on Teaching Writing to At-Risk Students and Basic Writers.
Connecticut Writing Project Summer Institute, 1999. Inquiry Project on Publishing Student Writing.
TCPCG in Education, UConn, 1992. Non-degree program and certification in Secondary English Education. Student teaching in an Alternative High School.
BA in English, UConn, 1991. Minor in Sociology. Honors thesis on Ethnic/Women’s/LGBTQ American Literature.
