Other GC Affiliations: American Studies, Film Studies, Center for the Humanities

Area of Specialization/Interests: Modern literature and cultural history, film, biblical criticism, popular culture

Tracks taught in MALS: American studies, Film

Courses Taught in MALS: The Literature of the Bible, courses on American film and literature in the 1920, 1930s, 1950s, Film Noir in Context, Politics in American Fiction, 1930-1980

Publications: Gates of Eden, Double Agent: The Critic and Society, The Revival of Pragmatism, Leoprads in the Temple, A Muirror in the Roadway, Dancing in the Dark: A cultural History of the Great Depression