My interests tend to multiply. As editor of Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly, I keep up on the theory and criticism of life writing in a variety of fields. I'm currently writing a book on the political and cultural implications of the nineteenth century British satire found in radical and comic periodicals. Courses on research methods and nonfiction writing occupy a lot of my instructional time, but I also teach literary history and theory. And I have published on Vietnam POW narratives, genre theory, nineteenth century fiction, and Hawai'i literature. I have also been known to write a short story.

Areas of Interest
19th-century literature, literary theory, research methods

Education
BA, University of Toronto
PhD, Princeton University

Awards
Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for Faculty Service to the Community, 2005
Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching 1998
Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching 1986
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature Excellence in Teaching Award 1986