I was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and received my undergraduate degree from LaSalle College and my Ph.D. from Stanford University. I came to the University of Hawaii in 1990 and have been a member of the English Department since. I teach a wide variety of courses from introductory courses in writing, literature, and theory to specialized courses in Gothic and Romanticism, and at all levels of our curriculum. My scholarly work focuses on eighteenth-century and Romantic era British literature; I am current

Areas of Interest
late 18th-century literature, English and European romanticism, Gothic

Education
BA, LaSalle University
PhD, Stanford University