Ph.D. English (with Distinction)
A history of personal diary writing in New England, 1620-1745, pp. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Department of English, March 1982.
1982
M.A. English 1975

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY
Graduate Diploma Anglo-Irish Studies (1st H) 1974
B.A. English (honors) 1973



McClintock Professor of Southern Letters
(English & History Departments)
2003- University of South Carolina
Professor American Literature
CDF Faculty Research Fellow
1994-2003 The Citadel
Associate Professor American Literature 1988-1994 The Citadel
Assistant Professor American Literature 1984-1988 The Citadel
Visiting Assistant Professor English/American Culture 1980-1984 Vassar College