U. S. Naval Academy
Department of English
Assistant Professor (1990-1995); Associate Professor (1995-2001); Professor (2001-2019)
Courses Taught:
Upper-Level Literature Courses
Survey of Classical and Medieval Literature (HE219)
Survey of Western Literature I (HE217) Link to Spring 2019 Syllabus
Survey of Anglo-American Literature from the Renaissance to the present II (HE218) Link to spring 2013 syllabus
Types of Fiction (HE306) 2014 Syllabus
Shakespeare (HE333) Link to spring, 2016 syllabus
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature Survey (HE315): Link to Fall 2018 Syllabus
Upper-Level Special Topics Courses
Senior Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Satire (HE467)
Senior Seminar in the Art and Literature of Augustan Rome (HE461)
Honors Seminar in the Classical Ideal in the Eighteenth Century (HE506)
Honors Seminar in the Art and Literature of Imperial Rome (HE503) Link to Fall 2019 Syllabus
Honors Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre, Art, and Music (HE506)
Honors Seminar in Henry Fielding and Charles Dickens: Novelists of their Times (HE504)
Senior Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre (HE462)
Senior Seminar in Women Writing Fiction 1660-1750 (HE467)
Senior Seminar in Topics in Book History (HE467)
Senior Seminar in Henry Fielding and his World (HE463)
Senior Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Satire (HE467)
Senior Seminar in the Art and Literature of Augustan Rome (HE461)
Independent Studies in Latin (HE496) (1999-2000; 2014-2015) and Ancient Greek (spring 2014)
Writing and Literature Courses
Practical Writing for Freshmen (HE101)
Rhetoric and Introduction to Literature for Freshmen (HE111, HE112) Link to Fall 2019 HE111 Syllabus Link to Spring 2019 HE112 Syllabus
Rhetoric and Introduction to Literature with writing emphasis (HE111W, HE112W) Link to Fall, 2018 Syllabus
Professional Writing (HE344)
Writing Center Tutor
The Pennsylvania State University
Department of English
Lecturer (1989-1990); Teaching Assistant (1985-1989)
Courses Taught:
Freshman Composition
Honors Freshman Composition
Business Writing
Tutor in Writing Center
Secondary School Teaching (English and Latin) in North Carolina and Pennsylvania (1973-1974, 1976-1985)
Bucknell University
Department of Classics
Research Assistant (1982-1983)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Classics
Graduate Assistant (1975-1976)