• Graduate degree(s) and institutions:  M.A. Literature, Vanderbilt University; Ph.D Literature, Vanderbilt University

• Based:  Main Campus
 
• TTC courses:  ENG 100, 101, 102, 205, 206, 201, 209
 
• Area(s) of Specialization:  Modernism, Poetry, Yeats, African American Literature, Asian Studies (through ASDP & the East-West Center in Honolulu ), African Studies

• Selected publications, awards, honors, or other recognitions: 

• Member of the Mano River Region Fulbright Group
• Member of the IE group on campus
• 3 week seminar at the East-West Center in Honolulu
• Member of the Fulbright Grant group traveling to West Africa
   

• Teaching philosophy:  To help students realize they are a valuable part of a society & a culture; to encourage them to examine belief systems, their own and those of others, so they can take an active, informed part in that society & culture; to empower students by helping them gain knowledge and achieve their goals through the self-confidence they acquire as they learn.