Areas of Interest

• Early modern travel narratives, poetry and drama
• Early modern art and architecture
• Cultural studies
• Elvis Presley and the birth of rock and roll

Current Projects and Publications

• "Spenser and the Destruction of Bliss." Presented at conference on The Early Modern New: Discoveries and Rediscoveries, UCSB, 2001
• Web publications
  From Manuscript to Hypertext
  Hypertext Reviews for Transcriptions

Recent Courses Taught

• Associate, English Department, Winter 2003 - Spring 2004

- English 15 - Introduction to Shakespeare, Winter and Summer 2003; Spring
2004
- English 10 - Introdution to Literary Study, Spring and Fall 2003; Winter
2004

• Instructor, Writing Program, Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
• Fellow, Early Modern Center, Winter and Spring 2001
• Teaching Assistant, English Department, UCSB, 2000-2001
  • English 101 - Medieval and Early Modern British Literature, Fall 2000, Fall 2002
  • English 105A - Early Shakespeare, Winter 2001
• Editorial Assistant, Expertcity, Inc., Summer and Fall 2000; Spring and Summer 2001
• Research Assistant, Transcriptions, Summer 2000
• "Cyber-scribes: From Manuscript to Hypertext" (Web project for Transcriptions, Winter 2000)