Senior Lecturer Emeritus



Publications

“James Jones”A Biographical Profile. Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 January 2009
“Christian Martyr or Grateful Slave?: The Magical Negro as Uncle Tom in Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile”The Films of Stephen King: Carrie to Secret
Window
. Edited by Tony Magistrale. New York: Palgrave, 2008
“James Jones”American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement XI. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons/Gale Group, 2002. 213-237
“Tom Robbins”American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement X.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons/Gale Group, 2002. 259-288.
“Response to Robyn R. Warhol, ‘How We Got Contracts for Lecturers at the University of
Vermont: A Tale of (Qualified) Success’”
Profession 1998. New York: Modern Language Association, 1998. Reprinted from ADFL Bulletin 29 (Fall 1997):
51-53.
“’And We All Shine On’: Stephen King’s The Shining as ‘Stream of Nonconsciousness’”Discovering Stephen King’s The Shining. Edited by Tony Magistrale. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1998. 19-38.
“A Dirty, Compelling Romance: Stephen King and His Readers”A Casebook on The Stand. Edited by Anthony Magistrale. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1992. 37-67
“Canaries in a Gilded Cage: Mental and Marital Decline in McTeague and The Shining”In THE SHINING Reader. Edited by Anthony Magistrale. Mercer Island, WA:
Starmont House, 1991. 139-154.

 

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

American literature, composition

Education

  • M.A. University of Vermont, 1988

Contact

Courses Taught

  • American Literature
  • New American Fiction of the 21st Century
  • Me Decade: Pop Fiction of 1970s
  • The Popular Conscience
  • Expository Writing
  • Written Expression
  • Types of Literature
  • The Beat Generation