About

As a graduate student, I studied early modern literature and wrote a dissertation on the masque genre’s evolution across the seventeenth century. My interest in genre, and its generative and communicative power, have informed my teaching of literature and academic writing as well as my ventures into linguistics and technical writing. Currently, I teach an Academic Inquiry Seminar on the pursuit of happiness and Writing in the Health Professions. The Academic Inquiry Seminar explores research from across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, examining forms of inquiry within the disciplines as well as asking larger questions about how we define and pursue happiness. In Writing in the Health Professions, we examine a range of genres, including literature review and patient education materials, important to clinical practice. I also work on WAC/WID projects.