BA (U Pennsylvania), MA (U Nevada, Reno)
Continuing Lecturer IV
Specialization:
Teaching in the Core Humanities Program and undergraduate advisement in English. Research, writing and teaching interests include:
19th century California history, early 20th century western fiction and film, folk music, blues, balladry and storytelling, the literature of science and technology.
Select Publications:
Bicycling across America: A journal on the open road. 1989. Pinedrop Press.
A bad boy grown up: The life and times of Zane Grey. 1993. Truckee Actors Guild.
Singing cowboys on the moon: The exogeographic west. 1998. In: Western technological landscapes. Nevada Humanities Committee.
California dreaming: The imaginary empire of John A. Sutter. 1998. In: History alive! California Council for the Humanities.
Other research activities:
Active in the modern Chautauqua movement, with current scholarly first-person portrayals of Zane Grey, John A. Sutter, Donner party survivor Lew Keseberg and Woody Guthrie.