Some of the courses I've taught


Portland Community College
Social Justice: Theory & Practice
Working Class Literature
Literature as Social Protest
American Literature (to 1865)
Introduction to Literature (Fiction)
Introduction to Literature (Drama)
English Composition (WR 121 & 122)
Introduction to Expository Writing (WR 115)


University of Minnesota
Survey of American Literatures and Cultures (beginnings to 1865 and 1865-1945)
Contemporary American Literature
Multicultural Literature
Multicultures of the Midwest
Making Monsters
The Essay
University Writing
The Great African-American Novel (OLLI)
Poetry and Social Upheaval in America (OLLI)


Prior to this, I taught for two years in the First Year Writing Program at Quinnipiac University and taught advanced composition at the University of Virginia.

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