PhD, Latin American Literature, Penn State University, University Park -- Dissertation: "Aestheticism and Poetic Impurity: The Latin American Avant-Garde and Beyond:
MA, Latin American Literature, Brigham Young University -- Thesis: "The Poet-God and the Pocket Sublime: An Aesthetic Approach to the Creationism of Vicente Huidobro"
BA, Spanish Major, Russian Minor, Brigham Young University