Academic Positions

2013-Present Professor, American Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004-2013 Associate Professor, American Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2004-2005 Louis Armstrong Visiting Professor, Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, NY
2001-2004 Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1999-2001 Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies, Hobart and William Smith, Geneva, NY

Invited Visiting Positions

2017 (Fall) Visiting Researcher, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2004-2005 Louis Armstrong Visiting Professor of Jazz Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY

Education

Ph.D. 1999 University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness
M.A. 1994 San Francisco State University, Women’s Studies
M.A.1992 San Francisco State University, Creative Writing
B.A. 1991 San Francisco State, Creative Writing Summa Cum Laud

Licensures, Certifications, and Professional Training

Deep Listening Ear-tificate, Center for Deep Listening, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2017