Education

• PhD Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 2014
• MA Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 2005
• PhD Comparative Literature, University of Michigan 1994
• MA Comparative Literature, University of Michigan 1989
• BA English and American Literature, Brandeis University 1985

Teaching

Literary Masterpieces (ENG L213), Literary Interpretation (ENG L202), Introduction to Poetry (ENG L205), Textual Theory, Textual Criticism, and Editing (ENG L680), First Year Seminar (SLA S100 and UCOL U110)

Awards

2011-2012 – Faculty Fellowship (University College, IUPUI) 2007 – Lumina Fellowship (Lumina Foundation) 2005 – University Fellowship (IUPUI Graduate Office) 2003 – University Fellowship (IUPUI Graduate Office)

Publications

Articles in Nineteenth-Century Literature, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Analecta Husserliana, The Explicator, and Rackham Journal of the Arts and Humanities

Academic Interests

Melville and charity, literary and textual theory, comparative literature