Research Interests

Irish Literature and Culture
Postcolonialism
Composition Theory and Writing Center Theory
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Dramatic Literature

Professional Memberships

American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS)

Irish American Cultural Institute (IACI)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society

 

Publications

“Swimming in Words: Molly Sweeney’s Dramatic Form,” A COMPANION TO BRIAN FRIEL, eds. R. C. Evans and Richard Harp (Locust Hill Press, 2002).

“Action and Confession, Fate and Despair in the Violent Conclusion of The Duchess of Malfi,” THE BEN JONSON JOURNAL 8 (2001).

With J.J. Wylie, “An Interview with Seamus Heaney,” NUA: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH WRITING (1998/1999).

“O’Connor’s ‘Backward Look’: The Irish Writer’s Struggle for Identity and an Irish Tradition,” book chapter in FRANK O'CONNOR: NEW PERSPECTIVES (1998).

“An Annotated Bibliography of Works By and About Frank O’Connor,” in FRANK O'CONNOR: NEW PERSPECTIVES (1998).

 

Miscellaneous Professional Activities

Faculty Sponsor, Alpha Mu Gamma Chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society

Faculty Liaison, INFECTUS creative arts journal

Grant, Lannan Foundation, 80 videos featuring readings by and interviews with contemporary writers donanted to Rockhurst's Greenlease Library (2003)

Director, Fort Hays State University Writing Center (2002-3)

Managing Editor, THE BEN JONSON JOURNAL (1995-9)