He specializes in transatlantic 20th century literature, especially the relationship between modernism and satire. His current book project, Modernism against Modernity: Satire and the “Men of 1914”, explores the importance of satire to early and high modernism, especially in the work of T.S. Eliot, T.E. Hulme, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and Ezra Pound. Additionally, his research and teaching interests include modernism and postmodernism, nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, intellectual and cultural history, writing studies, and writing centers. He has published and presented on a variety of topics related to modernism, theory, and literary studies.