I teach a lot of different courses in the English Department, many of them in my area of specialization, which is modernism -- British, Irish, and American -- and more generally, 20th century literature. But I also enjoy teaching introductory courses such as "The Art of Poetry" and the departmental survey of British Literature after 1660. My first book, a study of modernist satire, has recently (fall 2011) been published by Cambridge University Press, and I'm working on a second book for the same press, to be titled, The Cambridge Introduction to Satire. I also am developing a book on the role of Darwin's writing and thought in modernism.

In addition to my teaching and research, I serve as Director of the English Department's Masters program. I always do my best to make myself available to current and prospective students.

Modernism (British, Irish, American); 20th Century British; Comedy and Satire; Darwin and Literature; Literary Theory.