She received her Ph. D. in English from Cornell University in 1996. Her research interests include African American literature, Multicultural American literature, and Women’s literature. Some of her publications include: Radical Spiritual Motherhood: Autobiography and Empowerment in Nineteenth-Century African American Women, “Zilpha Elaw’s Serial Domesticity: An Unsentimental Journey,” “Voice, Body and Collaboration: Constructions of Authority in The History of Mary Prince,” and “Intersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Experimentation in the Autobiographical Writings of Cherríe Moraga and Maxine Hong Kingston.” In 2002, she received the College of Arts and Sciences Educational Excellence Award for teaching.Back to Top | Read More >>