• PhD, English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• MA, English, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• BA, English with Honors, Brown University

• ENG 43: Introduction to African American Literature
• ENG 45: World Roots of Literature
• ENG 64: American Literature Survey II
• ENG 117/217: 20th Century African American Literature
• ENG 147/247: 19 Century African American Literature
• ENG 164/264: Modern American Fiction
• ENG-ICL 187: Civic Leadership and the Social Text
• ENG 186: African American Poetry Since 1965
• ENG 183/283: Advanced Seminars: The Oral Tradition

African American literature, 19th-century American literature, U.S. popular culture, the oral tradition in U.S. literature, Black feminist thought, African American art