Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary and Public Humanities.  B.A. in English and Philosophy, University of Louisville (1983).  M.A. and Ph.D. in English, Indiana University (1987, 1992).  Teaching at the University of Louisville since 1987.  Honors Fellow.  University Distinguished Teaching Professor (2001).  Teaching interests include 19th and 20th century British and American literature, history, and culture, along with courses in Renaissance culture, Western classical literature and seminars on Sherlock Holmes and American popular culture from the Beatles to Watergate.