Education
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Ph. D. in English (1989)
Dissertation: "Henry Fielding's Novels and the Classical Tradition."
Dissertation Director: Robert D. Hume
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
M. A. in English (1982)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Graduate work in Latin (1974-1976)
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
A. B. in Classical Languages and Literature (1973)
Research Grants
Bibliographical Society of America Research Grant (Summer, 1996)
National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend (Summer, 1994)
Naval Academy Research Council Summer Grants (1991-1998, 2000-2004, 2006-2007, 2009, 2013-2014, 2018-2019)
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship (1988-1989)
Edwin Earle Sparks Fellowship Designate (1988-1989)