Areas of Research/Interest: American literature and culture; minority discourse; cultural studies; literary historiography

Select Publications:
Negative Liberties: Morrison, Pynchon, and the Problem of Liberal Ideology. Duke University Press. February 2001.
Emergent Literatures, 1940-1990. In The Cambridge History of American Literature, vol.7. Cambridge University Press. 1999.
Comparative American Studies: Hybridity and Beyond. American Literary History. Spring 1999.
Joyce's Use of History in "Finnegans Wake". Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1984.

Affiliations: American Culture Association, American Literature Association, American Studies Association, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, Modern Language Association, Western Literature Association.

Fellowships/Honors: Distinguished Teaching Award, NYU, 2004; Golden Dozen Award, NYU, 2003; Research Challenge Fund Grant, NYU, 2004, 1999, 1998, 1996; Curricular Development Challenge Fund Grant, NYU, 2004, 1997; Golden Dozen Teaching Award, NYU, 1995; President's Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, 1991-1993.