
George Mason University
Encourages creative and innovative thinking.
Academic Background: Ph.D. in English, Boston University, 1997; M.A. in English, Boston University, 1990.
Research Interests: Postcolonial literature, Middle Eastern literature, and gender studies.
Appointments: Associate Professor, Department of English, George Mason University.
Publications: Author of The Factory Girl and the Seamstress: Imagining Gender and Class in Nineteenth Century American Fiction (Routledge, 2000).
Additional Contributions: Organizer of literary conferences on postcolonial studies.