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Spring 2012 Classes
- ENGK 439 125 Film Theory and Criticism
- ENGL 435 115/515 Film Studies
Education
| College or University | Degree Earned | Degree Subject Area |
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| Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | Ph.D. | English Language and Linguistics |
| Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | M.A. | English Language and Linguistics |
| Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX | B.A. | English |
Education Related Employment
| Dates | Educational Institution Name | Position |
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| 2008-present | Texas A&M University Central Texas, Killeen, TX | Assistant Professor |
| 2006-2008 | University of Arkansas, Monticello, Monticello, AR | Assistant Professor |
| 2003-2006 | East Texas Baptist University, Marshall, TX | Assistant Professor |
Related Publications
(with Ryan Bayless) "'Just call it': Identifying Competing Narratives in the Coens' No Country for Old Men." Literature/Film Quarterly, forthcoming in 2012.
"How Many Lebowski’s Are There? Genre, Spectatorial Authorship, and The Big Lebowski." Journal of Popular Film and Television, June 2012, 40:02
"At the End of the Crime (and Competition) in American Detective Films." Bright Lights Film Journal, vol 73: August, 2011
"The Revelation to Tarantino as it is Given in Inglourious Basterds." Jura Gentium Cinema, JGCinema.org, 2010
"Locating The Edge of Heaven: Fatih Akin's Meditation on the Limits of Tolerance and the Rapture of Acceptance." The Journal of Religion and Film, 2010 14:1
“The "Unfinished Business of Kill Bill: Cinematic Discourse In and Out of the Dark." (The Journal of Religion and Film, 2007, 11:1)
"'Come Out of Her My People': Pandemonium and Power in Carl Theodor Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc." (Studies in French Cinema, 2006, 6:3, 183-194)
(with J.A. Jackson) "And They Sang a New Song: Reading The Revelation to John from the position of the Lamb." (Contagion, 2006, 12-13, 99-114)
"Mechanisms of Violence in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven and Mystic River." Journal of American Culture, Volume 27, Number 3, September 2004
Date Updated: 4/24/12
Fall 2011 Classes
- ENGL 301 110 American Lit to 1865
- ENGL 301 110 American Lit to 1865
- ENGL 486 120 Prob: Sociolinguistics
Summer 2011 Classes
Spring 2011 Classes
- ENGL 302-110 American Lit Since 1865
- ENGL 341-110 CulturalStudies:ReligionInFilm
- ENGL 415-110 Senior Literary Seminar

