I am Professor of English here at LaGuardia, teaching composition, grammar, and literature. I was the founder and co-facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Publication Workshop, supporting colleagues in their scholarly endeavors. I hold an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington at Seattle and a Ph.D. in English from The State University of New York at Stony Brook. My dissertation "Representing China to the British Public in the Age of Free Trade, c. 1833-1844" examines the intersections between Britain's popular representations of China and its imperial policy during the Opium War.

I am interested in postcolonial studies, interdisciplinary studies, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. I have published in Peer English, The History Teacher, In Transit, Nursing Education Perspectives, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Victorians Institute Journal, and Writing Macao. My essays also appear in anthologies such as Illness in the Academy: A Collection of Pathographies by Academics (Purdue University Press) and Asian Crossings: Travel Writing on China, Japan and Southeast Asia (Hong Kong University Press).

If you are interested in my approaches to teaching, see my course portfolio titled "Course Portfolio on ENC101: Combining First-Semester Composition and a Placement Test" at the Peer Review of Teaching Project of University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Articles: "A Reading of Readings: English Travel Books, Audiences, and Modern Chinese History, C. 1832 to the Present." Asian Crossings: Travel Writing on China, Japan and Southeast Asia. Eds. Steve Clark and Paul Smethurst. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008. 47-70, 235-40.

"When Nursing Meets English: Using a Pathography to Develop Nursing Students' Culturally Competent Selves." Co-author. Building a Diverse Nursing Workforce. Special issue of Nursing Education Perspectives 29.3 (May/June 2008): 151-55.

"More Than a Case." Illness in the Academy: A Collection of Pathographies by Academics. Ed. Kimberly R. Myers. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 2007. 392-401.

"The Immense Possibilities of Narrating 'I': Developing Student Voice through a Career Research Project." Teaching English in the Two-Year College 34.1 (2006): 84-91.

"Representing 'Great England' to Qing China in the Age of Free Trade Imperialism: The Circulation of A Tract by Charles Marjoribanks on the China Coast." Political Matters. Ed. David E. Latané, Jr., et al. Special issue of Victorians Institute Journal 33 (2005): 178-95.

"Don't be Shy of "I": Empowering Student Voice through a Career Research Paper." In Transit: The LaGuardia Journal on Teaching and Learning 1.1 (2005): 59-63.

"Open Admissions, Controversies, and CUNY: Digging into Social History Through a First-Year Composition Course." The History Teacher 38.4 (2005): 469-482.

Introduction. "Our Street Ballads, No.4.: Governor Yeh." 1857. Poetry and the Colonies. Ed. David E. Latané, Jr. and Elisabeth Gruner. Special issue of Victorians Institute Journal 32 (2004): 83-85.

"Ways to Carry a Baby." Writing Macao: Creative Text and Teaching 3 [2005]: N.p. 6 July 2005 .

Grants: 2009-2010: CUNY Fellowship Leave for One Year

2007-2008: PSC-CUNY 38 Research Award

2006-2007: PSC-CUNY 37 Research Award

2006: CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program

2005-2006: PSC-CUNY 36 Research Award

2004-2005: PSC-CUNY 35 Research Award