Ph.D., ABD, English and the Teaching of English, Idaho State University
M.A., Language and Literature, Winona State University, 2010
B.A., English Education, Brigham Young University - Idaho 2007
Areas of Specialization/Interest
American romanticism, Gothic novel, Existentialism, existential novel, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, film studies
Select Publications/Presentations
"Existential Education: The Lived and Free." Perspective. BYU-Idaho. In review.
"Weaving the Mortal with the Celestial: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Inverted Eden." 66th Annual RMMLA Convention, Boulder, CO, 2012.
"What Existentialism Can Teach Teachers About Teaching." 2012 BYU-Idaho's Faculty Conference, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, ID, 2012.
"Hawthorne and Camus: Visions of the Fall." Journal of Camus Studies, 2011
"Hybrid: New Technology Empowering Old methods in the Composition Classroom." Conference of English in the Digital Age: Developments in Language, Literacy, and Literature, EAPSU, Bloomsburg, PA, 2011.
"New Technology Empowering Old Techniques: The Hybrid Classroom." 2011 BYU-Idaho's Faculty Conference, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, ID, 2011.
"Bad Faith and the Kunstlerroman Tradition: An Analysis of Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World." 7th Annual Red River Graduate Conference, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND, 2010.
The Latehomecomer Teacher's Guide. Winona, MN: Winona State UP, 2009. Print.
"M.A. in English: An Analysis of the M.A. in English Departments and the Job Market." Winona, MN: Winona State Department of English, 2009. Print.
"Maria W Stewart: Christian Transcendentalist." 6th Annual Red River Graduate Conference, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND, 2009.
"Whitman and the Transcendental Body." Guest Presentation, BYU-Idaho Philosophical Society, BYU-Idaho, Rexburg, ID, 2008.
The Mirror, The Gadfly, & The Raven: A Philosophical Reader. Rexburg, ID: BYU-Idaho UP, 2008. Print.
"Finding Voice through Poetry." Snake River Valley Young Author's Conference, St. Anthony High School, St. Anthony, ID, 2006.
"Yes, We Read: High School Students' Reading Habits." Northwest Regional Teachers of English Conference, Lewis and Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, 2005.
