Education 

	Ph.D. in English: Michigan State University, 1989
	M.A. in English: Michigan State University, 1985
	B.S. in Ed.: Central Michigan University, 1983

Dissertation "Articulated Selves: The Attainment of Identity and Personal Voice through Language and Story-Telling in Works by Twentieth Century American Authors"

Areas of Interest 

	Native American Literature
	Ethnic American Literature
	Contemporary American Literature

Fall 2016 COURSES

	ENGL 253 Short Story
	ENGL 385 Ethnic Literature in America

RECENT COURSES and Sample syllabi 

	ENGL 370 Latina/o Literature
	ENGL 371 Topics in Latina/o Literature: Contemporary Fiction
	ENGL 384 Native American Literature
	ENGL 389/HONR 311 Topics in Native American Literature: Native American Lit & Art
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: Louise Erdrich & Sherman Alexie
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: New & Emerging Writers
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: Ojibwe/Chippewa Voices
	ENGL 486 American Novel III--1945 to Present
	ENGL 4/588 Contemporary Trends in American Literature
	ENGL 510 Seminar in Literature: Native American Literature

RECENT Conference Papers 

	"Letting 'em in: Planets Don't Collide When Lewis Opens the Door in Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here"
	"The Dark Humor and Satire of Thomas King's Short Fiction"
	"'The Truth' about Truth & Bright Water: Thomas King's Restoration of Indians into the Contemporary Landscape"
	"Native American Literature in the Multi-Ethnic Literature Course: A Defense"
	“How Useful and User-Friendly Is Treuer’s ‘User Manual’?”
	“So Say the Sisters: New Voices in Sister Nations“
	“Relocation and Dislocation in David Treuer’s Novel The Hiawatha”
	“Home Improvement and Power Tools: The Surrounded and The Things to Make Life Easy”
	“Sherman Alexie’s Unsolved Mystery in Indian Killers : Whodunit? Who Didn’t?"
	”Silko, Hogan, and the Loss of the Landscape"
	"Counting Coup: James Welch and American Myths"