I'm excited to welcome my friend, Dr. Ellen Stockstill, to discuss her fabulous book, Faking It: Victorian Documentary Novels. Come and gain new insight into novels by Charles Dickens, the Brontës, Mary Shelley, and others—with a Victorian literature … [Read more]
Fall, 2024: Endurance, again
As I assembled and submitted my tenure dossier, my college roommate and cross country teammate Dr. Kathryn McLeod and I took on another endurance event, this time in the Andes Mountains. As Jorge taught us, "venga a si ami!" The experience was … [Read more]
Summer, 2024: Teaching History of the Common Law in London
This June, I taught alongside Wake Forest Law Professor Jonathan Cardi at Wake's Worrell House in Hampstead, London. We studied English legal history immersively with twelve future lawyers—reading and experiencing how art, literature, religion, … [Read more]
Spring, 2024: Milton’s First Folio
Philadelphia's Free Library Rare Book Department allowed me to spend a day with John Milton's copy of the 1623 First Folio, studying his notes, shoulder markings, underlines, and his collation of the Quarto editions. February 9, 2024. Only awe, … [Read more]
Fall, 2023: Mentoring
Every time Judge Clint Rucker visits his alma mater, I am inspired to be a better mentor and a more generous human being. I loved hosting Clint's Dowman hallmate, Rev. Dr. Carlton Johnson, and their fellow Emory alumnus Rickey Adger. These generous … [Read more]
Summer, 2023: Writing from Maine to Chicago
What better place to write than the coast of Maine, on a shore filled with sea glass, and the friendship of an amazing editor, Uli Guthrie? I spent two weeks working on my book—in addition to trail running and cycling Acadia National Park. Uli sees … [Read more]
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