Employment History

Professor of American Literature, Université de Fribourg (Suisse), August 1,2006-July 31, 2025 [Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, 1 July 2009 through 30 June 2011]

Professor of Language and Literature, North Georgia College & State University (now University of North Georgia) [Tenured], July 1, 2003 – July 31, 2006

Associate Professor of English and Department Head of Language & Literature, North Georgia College & State University, July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2003

Associate Professor of English [Tenured], Drury College (now Drury University), Springfield (Missouri), August 1997 – June 2000

Assistant Professor, Drury College, 1991-1997

Guest Appointment as Associate Instructor, English Language Institute, University of Utah, Summer School 1992

Education

Ph. D. in English, University of Virginia, May 1991.
Dissertation: “Robert Lowell’s Religious Temperament.” (Director: J.C. Levenson)

M.A. in English, University of Virginia, August 1986.
Thesis: “Beyond Nostalgia: Childhood and Remembrance in John Updike’s Short Fiction.”

“Erstes Staatsexamen” (First State Exam) in English, Catholic Theology, and Education for Gymnasium teachers (grades 5-13), University of Münster, Germany, July 1985.