Publications
ARTICLES
- Forthcoming: “Re-Reading America Is in the Heart As a Textual Representation of the Process of Decolonization.” Asian American Literature and Postcolonial Theory. Ed. Katherine Sugg and Wenxin Li.
- “Facilitating Positive Trauma in Both Service-Learning and Traditional Classroom Contact Zones.” The Journal of Modern Language Studies 37.2 (Winter 2008): 65 – 83.
- Edited and Introduced: Global Crossroads: A World Literature Reader. Ed. Luis A. Iglesias, Michael Mays, and Linda M. Pierce. Texas: Fountainhead, 2007.
- “America Is in the Heart.” Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature. Ed. Seiwoong Oh. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2007.
- “Carlos Bulosan.” Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature. Ed. Seiwoong Oh. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2007.
- “Not Just My Closet: Exposing Familial, Cultural, and Imperial Skeletons.” Pinay Power. Ed. Melinda deJesús. New York: Routledge, 2005. 31 – 44.
- Edited and Introduced: “Questions of Identity: Complicating Race in American Literary History.” The Arizona Quarterly 59.2 (Summer 2003).
- “Pinay White Woman.” Whiteness: Feminist Philosophical Reflections. Ed. Chris J. Cuomo and Kim Q. Hall. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. 45 – 52.
- Excellence in Service Award, College of Arts and Letters, University of Southern Mississippi, 2008
- Outstanding Community Service Award, Mississippi Retired Teachers Association, 2007
- $5000 Back-to-School Grant, Community Literacy Outreach Initiative with Hawkins Elementary School, Dollar General Community Initiatives, 2007
- Junior Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, Office of the President and Faculty Senate, University of Southern Mississippi, 2007
- Service-Learning Faculty Innovation Award, Office of Community Service-Learning, University of Southern Mississippi, 2007
- First Place, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Best Practices Program: Category of Academics (for QEP Curriculum), $10,000 Awarded to Institution, 2006
- Faculty Fellow, University of Southern Mississippi Seminar in Service-Learning, Spring 2005