Internships and Classes:
Fall 2026
I'm teaching the following courses on the Green Bay campus in Fall 2025.
ENG 218:
World Literatures:
Postcolonial Literature
In ENG 218: World Literatures: Postcolonial Literature, we'll examine literature from around the world through a Postcolonial critical lens.
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What does that mean? Typically, scholars using Postcolonial theory look at the ways in which writers from colonized countries grapple with the repercussions of colonization and attempt to reclaim their cultural identities from the colonizers. They also consider the ways in which the literature of the colonial powers portrays the colonized and attempts to justify argue against colonization.
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FYS 198:
First-Year Seminar: Women's Mystery/Suspense Fiction
(applicable to WGSS minor)
This course surveys the evolution of women's crime fiction from its beginnings through various subgenres—cozy, noir, hard-boiled detective, psychological suspense, etc.—and up to its modern-day incarnations. We'll examine how diverse women authors have made their mark on the genre.
As a first-year seminar, this course will also give you strategies to survive and thrive in your first year of college and beyond.
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ENG 206:
Women in Literature
(applicable to WGSS minor)
In this course, we will examine the ways that women and gender have been portrayed in literature. With readings ranging from the medieval period through modern times, we will look at women's literature through an intersectional feminist lens. That means viewing our texts in light of gender, race, sexuality, and other social categories. Issues of race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and physical ability will be important as we explore and critically examine literature by and about women around the world. We'll also look at questions of "canonicity," examining why lists of "the great books" often miss great books by women, writers of color, LGBTQ+ writers, and others.
WOST 203:
Gender in Popular Culture
(applicable to WGSS minor)
In this course, we will examine the ways that women and gender have been portrayed and are currently portrayed through the media, television and movies, popular music, fiction, and other cultural artifacts. With readings ranging from critical theory to popular fiction, we will speculate on the impact of and sources for popular portrayals of women, in particular, and the social construction of gender, race, sexuality, and other social categories. The course will also encourage students to question agency in the creation and consumption of mass culture. Issues of race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and physical ability will be important as we explore and critically examine the forms and functions of popular culture.
ENG 236:
Multicultural American Literature
In this course, we'll examine literature by multiethnic American writers, as we look at what has defined "American literature" in the past and what should define it moving forward. We'll look at questions of "canonicity," examining why lists of "the great books" often miss truly great books by writers of color. And we'll consider issues of race, gender sexuality, and other social categories as we read compelling works.
Internships
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Every spring, my ENG 224 Practicum in Literary Publishing class publishes the Northern Lights. I choose two English/BFA students—who have either taken ENG 224 or any English class with me before—to be co-Editors-in-Chief. These two are responsible for running our Northern Lights jury meetings, notifying contributors, posting content on our website using Kentico, posting our e-newsletter content on our blog using Wordpress, and performing extra copyediting and proofreading tasks as needed. This internship counts as one of the required internships for the BFA in Writing and Applied Arts.
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The Northern Light Literary & Arts Journal Marketing & Engagement Interns:
Up to two student interns are in charge of social-media marketing for the Northern Lights Journal, and they provide social-media support for the Applied Writing & English department at UWGB. They regular create posts and reels for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. They write blogs. They conduct interviews for our English department's Indented podcast and our Widows & Orphans blog, as well as The Quill, the e-newsletter for the Applied Writing and English department. This internship counts as one of the required internships for the BFA in Writing and Applied Arts.
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