• PhD University of Iowa 1991
  • MA University of Iowa 1985
  • BA Université de Picardie (France) 1982

Writing Across the Curriculum, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Pedagogy of technology, Online Teaching, UDL (Universal Design for Learning).

Test Yourself in French Grammar (National Textbook Corp 1996)

Co-author Entre Amis: Cahier d’Activites (Houghton-Mifflin Co. 1998) and Controverses(Cengage, 2006; 2nd edition: 2011)

Articles in Romance Notes, Romance Languages AnnalsReligion & LiteratureDalhousie French Studies, Les CahiersForell, and Iris

Carnegie Fellowship, 2001-2002

IUPUI Network for Excellence in Teaching 1996

Teaching Excellence Recognition Award 1998-2000

IUPUI Writing Faculty Forum 1998

Outstanding Club Advisor Award 1999

West European National Resource Center Grant 2000

Curriculum development, Writing, the Robinson Crusoe narratives, Post-colonial and Feminist Studies, Literature and Photography (Ekphrasis), literature and religion, French Canadian Literature and Culture. Authors: Jules Verne, Michel Tournier, Marguerite Duras, Monique Proulx, Jacques Poulin, Roch Carrier, and Patrick Modiano, to name a few.