2001
I received my PhD in English at Yale University, where I was a Whiting dissertation fellow. In 2007, I started my tenure-track job at Davidson College, where I was the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Assistant Professor of English, until I was promoted to associate professor with continuous tenure in 2013. Since then, I have served as acting Chair of the gender and sexuality studies department, and was just named the inaugural recipient of the Williamson Teaching Award in gender and sexuality studies. I continue to teach classes in both departments, including my courses on Desire, Gossip, British Literature Since 1945, Gesture, and Thinking Girls, Thinking Boys.
My English degree and the training I received in the department at Duke not only provided a springboard for my graduate work, but also helped me succeed in my PhD qualifying exams, and still informs my teaching on a near daily basis.
English Department