ABD, Washington University, St. Louis
BA and MA, Brigham Young University Comparative Literature
Second MA, Penn State Comparative Literature--Literary theory and aesthetics emphasis

Taught elementary Japanese at PSU, Wash University, and Middlebury, and comp lit at Washington University of St. Louis.

Research Interests

• Literary translation and translation theory
• Aesthetics
• Autobiographical writing
• Women's writing in Meiji Japan
• Christianity and literature in Japan
• Japanese language pedagogy

Recent Publications

• Translation from German of Mori Ogai's The Truth About Japan
• Article for The Encyclopedia of Life Writing on Life Writing in Heian-era Japan
• Dissertation on literary translations in Meiji Japan, focusing on the work of Mori Ogai.