Academic Background

• PhD University of St. Andrews 2005
• BEd University of Western Ontario 1997
• MA University of Guelph 1996
• BA  Wilfrid Laurier University 1993

Biography

Research Interests:

• Contemporary British and Scottish Fiction
• Working-Class Literature
• Feminist Theory
• Children's Literature

Publications:

• "Of Hard Men and Hairies:  No Mean City and Modern Scottish Urban Fiction."  Scottish Studies Review.  4.1 (Spring 2003): 112-25.
• "No Mean Archive:  From Literary Archaeology to Working-Class 'Canon' Fodder."  Working-Class Notes.  6.2 (Spring 2003): 8.
• 'The Subtle Subversions of L.M. Montgomery.'  CCL: Canadian Children's Literature/Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse.  23.3, 87 (Fall 1997): 78.
• 'Ethical Freedom in the "Real World".'  CCL: Canadian Children's Literature/Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse.  23.4, 88 (Winter 1997): 76.