Teaching

In Fall 2025 I’m teaching FYS 161 Climate Fiction (two sections) and LIT 499 Dystopian Literature.

Research

• Ongoing work in speculative fiction

Recently published:

“‘Black Lord Herbert’ and the Construction of Race,” Studies in Philology, vol. 122 (Winter 2025): 81-98.

The Sentient Tree in Speculative Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, November 2024. See Springer (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-60541-3) or Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/25t936uh)

“Gender Fluidity and Violence in Edward Herbert’s ‘Echo to a Rock,’” Early Modern Literary Studies 23, no. 2 (2024). https://journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/EMLS/issue/view/27

“The Green Apocalypse and Empathy for Vegetal Life,” Science Fiction Studies, vol. 51, part 2 (July 2024): 221-37.

“Difference in Narnia: Giants, Dwarfs, and Others,” Children’s Literature vol. 52 (2024): 118-35. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/chl.2024.a928815.

Recent good read

Nayler, Ray. Where the Axe is Buried. 2025. Near-future postapocalyptic dystopian techno-thriller.