Education: B.A. English/History, Eastern New Mexico, 1989 M.A. English, Texas Tech University, 1991 Ph.D. English/Critical Theory, Texas Tech University, 1995

Specialties:
Popular Literature, Film

Courses Regularly Taught:
Literature and Film
Popular Literature

Research: (Representative Publications)
The Animal Within: Masculinity and the Gothic (University of Michigan, 1998)

I Was A Cold War Monster (Popular Press, 2001)

Paranoia, The Bomb, and 1950’s Science Fiction Films (Popular Press, 1999)

Anti-Communism and Popular Culture at Mid-Century (McFarland, 2003)

“ Curses of the Brown Recluse Spider.” Short Documentary, 2004

Current Project:
Juvenile Delinquency films from 1950-1965

Honors/Awards:
Middle Eastern Studies Grant 2006
Dean’s Research Award 2000
College of Arts and Sciences Research Award, 2000