About
Associate Professor of English at Campbell University, where I enjoy being able to teach and research in both my official degree areas of medieval English and Celtic literature, and my acquired interest in popular culture. Education
PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MA University of Missouri, Columbia
BA St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC Publications
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7.22: ‘Chosen’.” Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls, edited by Douglas L. Howard and David Bianculli, Syracuse University Press, 2018.
Words that Tear the Flesh: Essays on Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures. Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture 21. De Gruyter, 2018. Co-edited with Alan Baragona.
“Metaphoric Unity and Ending: Sending and Receiving Firefly‘s Last ‘Message’.” Reading Joss Whedon. Edited by Rhonda Wilcox et al., Syracuse UP, 2014, pp. 185-97.
Buffy Goes Dark: Essays on the Final Two Seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Television. McFarland, 2009. Co-edited with Lynne Y. Edwards and James B. South.
Colonial Ireland in Medieval English Literature. Susquehanna U P/Associated U P, 1994. Projects
“Buffy Goes BOOM!: High School on the Hellmouth in New Comics” for Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, Montreal, Quebec, July 2020. Upcoming Talks and Conferences
“‘The Pack Survives’: Spiral Structure and Paradox in Game of Thrones.” Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS) Conference, Wilmington, NC, 26-28 September 2019.
“Accidental Medievalist: Dorothy Dunnett’s King Hereafter.” Roundtable: Medievalists’ Medievalisms, Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) Conference, UNC-Greensboro, NC, 14-16 November 2019.
