Areas of Interest & Expertise

• Contemporary American Literature and Culture
• American Cultural Studies
• TV Studies
• Media and Globalization

Recent Courses Taught

ENGL 5360 Seminar in Screen Studies: Convergence and Control	Fall 2007
ENGL 6253: Television Theory and Criticism	Fall 2005
AMST4973 Senior Seminar in American Studies	Spring 2008
AMST3253: Globalization and American Culture	Spring 2006
AMST3423: American Popular Culture	Fall 2005 | Fall 2006
AMST3223: Theories and Methods of American Studies	Spring 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | 2007
ENGL/AMST3443: The Hollywood Genre Film: Science Fiction	Fall 2003 | Spring 2005 | Spring 2008
ENGL/AMST3433: Television Studies	Fall 2002 | Spring 2004 | Fall 2004
AMST3313: Science, Technology and American Culture	Spring 2004 | Fall 2006
AMST3950: Gender and Popular Culture	Spring 2003
AMST2301: Introduction to American Studies	Fall 2002 | Spring 2003 | Fall 2003

Student Web Projects:	Globalization and Oklahoma
	American Popular Culture
	Americanwiki - An on-going collaborative site devoted to the study of US society and culture, the imagined community known as "America," and the social uses of this symbolic identity for a variety of peoples.