I teach American Literature and focus on Appalachian Literature and Modernism. My work at King has been a long apprenticeship: learning how to teach from my students and from colleagues; how to read from Virgil, Hawthorne, and Eliot; and how to be a member of a community of faith and learning.
- PhD, University of Tennessee
- MA, English, East Tennessee State University
- BA, English, King College
“Graphing the Appalachian Novel,” presented at the 2013 Appalachian Studies Association Conference at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina (March 2013).
“Bill Withers,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia Online, University of Tennessee (2010).
“A Case for the Song,” Faculty Lecture delivered at King College (October 2009).
“Frank Lloyd Wright’s Appalachian Modernism,” presented at the 2009 Appalachian Studies Association Conference at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio (March 2009).
“Albert French,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee (Spring 2006).
“Out of this Furnace,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee (Spring 2006).
“Robert Mitchum,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee (Spring 2006).
“Thunder Road,” Encyclopedia of Appalachia, University of Tennessee (Spring 2006).
“Gospel According to Bristol: The Life, Music, and Ministry of Ernest Phipps,” The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music, McFarland Press (April 2005).