Professor of English with affiliate appointments in Theatre and Women’s and Gender Studies at West Virginia University.  Interim Director of the WVU Humanities Center.

Scholar of contemporary drama and performance, life writing, gender studies, British literature, and cultural studies.  I wrote a book, in fact.

Passionate advocate for the continuing relevance and essential value of the humanities to our actual daily lives.

I share a nuclear family with a wonderful and talented spouse, and three lovely children.