She received her Ph.D.in English in 2009 from the University of New Mexico, her M.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and her B.A. from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.She is the Review Editor for ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830 and has published articles exploring conceptions of gender, race, and the body in eighteenth-century literature and culture.Contact: rrunia @ xula.eduDepartment of English Xavier University of Louisiana1 Drexel DriveNew Orleans, LA 70125(504)485-5002