I spent many years as a journalist and critic before returning to academe, and much of my current work is concerned with the conversations and intersections between Modernist literature and the mass media of the period. My recent co-edited collection, Broadcasting Modernism, examines the centrality of radio to Modernist literary culture. I am now at work on a book project entitled "Rebecca West and the Mapping of Modernisms," which examines West as a limit case for Modernist historiography.
Biographical Profile
College
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Tenure Status
Tenured
International Activity
International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Teaching
Countries
England, Austria
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
No
Speaks Non-English Language
No
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
Media, Gender, World War I, Radio
Institutional Focus Areas
Arts and Humanities
Personal Focus Areas
Twentieth-Century British Literature, Modernism and Gender, Modernism and Media
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
2000
University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi
PhD
1976
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
BA
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
Membership
International Society for First World War Studies
Membership
Modern Language Association
Membership
TS Eliot Society
Membership
The Middlebrow Network
2007
Professional Activity
Trustee, Rebecca West Society
2008
Professional Activity
Board Member, Modernist Studies Association
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
1976 - 1988
Editor (Village Voice, Psychology Today) and Freelance Journalist, based in New York City
1991 - 2000
Graduate Instructor, University of Mississippi
1994 - 1995
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, University of Helsinki, Finland
1994 - 1995
Guest Lecturer, University of Tampere, University of Jyvaskyla, University of Vienna
2000 - 2002
Lecturer, Department of English, University of Arkansas
2002 - 2003
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, University of Arkansas
2003 - 2007
Assistant Professor of English, University of Arkansas
2007 - 2010
Assistant Professor of English, University of South Carolina
2010
Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina
1988
Visiting Professor, Department of Journalism, University of Mississippi
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
2010
Award
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
University of South Carolina
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